Bofta Yimam

Emmy & Murrow Award Winning Journalist. DC-based News Correspondent. Speaker.

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@BNCNews @AP Manger says most of the cases were handled before he became chief. He also said the Officers “weren’t trying to help the demonstrators” but did make bad decisions

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Re: Capitol Police recommended disciplinary action for *6 officers* related to their actions from Jan 6. Manger would not go into detail but said they face a range of disciplinary actions, at least 1 is in the appeals process. @AP @BNCNews

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@BNCNews @AP Manger: “One of the biggest incidents that helped us with recruiting was January 6, believe it or not”…

We’ve had a noticeable bump, people understanding @CapitolPolice exist, and what their job is, and so we’ve had a lot of folks apply

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@BNCNews @AP Unlike many police departments, Chief Manger says @CapitolPolice haven’t had a problem with people applying and taking the test to be an officer.

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@BNCNews @AP Police Chief Manger: “we’ve got more threats against members of Congress than I think we’ve ever had, so there’s lots of demands for additional staffing ..but there’s also issues in terms of training and equipment.I’m working on all these things simultaneously”

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@BNCNews @AP Chief Tom Manger: Top priority right now is staffing. Hopes to hire a couple hundred people for @CapitolPolice by the end of the year

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@BNCNews was ready, the department had prepared for this, so I think we accomplished that as well”

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In his first interview since the J6 Rally, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger speaks to @BNCNews about how they wanted to be prepared for anything last Saturday. He told me, “I was really happy for my officers because I think after January 6 they wanted to feel like the department

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Police quickly moving the crowd on 3rd street after an individual was causing some disturbance @BNCNews

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Fencing and large security presence around the Capitol complex.@BNCNews

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@BNCNews Justice For J6 Rally kicked off just after 12pm. Other than a few individual spats police broke up, it’s been peaceful so far

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11am EST: 90 minutes into the first hearing, witnesses are now fielding questions from committee members. Witnesses did pause in their testimony from time to time due to the overwhelm of emotions while describing the trauma and reflection of that day. @BNCNews

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Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Officer : “used gas mask to beat my head against the door “ “eventually succeeded in taking my gas mask off” “exposed to chemicals” … I screamed for help

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Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Officer: “engaged us in hand to hand combat, tried to steal baton.” One stuck finger in my eye attempting to gauge my eye.

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Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Officer: was struck in the head, suspected this was the resulting concussion he suffered. Metal mask, was pulled over his eyes . Feared the worst . Crowd chanted “USA”

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Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Officer: “crowd became so dense we marched single file … but our line was divided as we came under attack.” @BNCNews

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Fanone: “the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful” @BNCNews

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Michael Fanone, Metropolitan Police Dept : I finally said “I’ve got kids” and some helped me. “beaten unconscious” and remained so for four minutes. Docs said I suffered a heart attack.

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At some point I was dragged. They said “we got one.” Ripped my badge, seized ammunition, beat me with their fists and what felt like hard metal objects.
“I was electrocuted again and again and again with a taser.” @BNCNews