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Federal authorities said they were not prepared for the unrest; however, far-right pro-Trump supporters had organized the unrest on pro-Trump [[far-right]] [[social media]] websites, including [[Gab (social network)|Gab]] and [[Parler]], in advance.<ref name="wsj210108">{{cite news|last=|first=|date=January 8, 2021|title=Actions by Police Before Trump Supporters Attacked Capitol Backfired Spectacularly|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/actions-by-police-before-trump-supporters-attacked-capitol-backfired-spectacularly-11610064600|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113193500/https://www.wsj.com/articles/actions-by-police-before-trump-supporters-attacked-capitol-backfired-spectacularly-11610064600}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Frenkel|first=Sheera|date=January 6, 2021|title=The storming of Capitol Hill was organized on social media.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/protesters-storm-capitol-hill-building.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106220539/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/protesters-storm-capitol-hill-building.html|archive-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Phil Mattingly, Vivian Salama, Priscilla Alvarez and Betsy Klein|title='No one knew what we were supposed to be doing there.' Inside the law enforcement chaos at the Capitol|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/capitol-riots-what-happened/index.html|access-date=2021-01-07|website=CNN|date=7 January 2021|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304004824/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/capitol-riots-what-happened/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McSwane|first=Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf, J David|title=Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren't Ready.|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/capitol-rioters-planned-for-weeks-in-plain-sight-the-police-werent-ready|access-date=2021-01-07|website=ProPublica|date=7 January 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2021-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109151633/https://www.propublica.org/article/capitol-rioters-planned-for-weeks-in-plain-sight-the-police-werent-ready|url-status=live}}</ref> The ineffectiveness of Capitol Police's response to the rioting was harshly criticized, as was the contrast between it and the aggressive response of federal law enforcement to the [[George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.|George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hosenball|first=Joseph Tanfani, John Shiffman, Brad Heath, Mark|date=2021-01-07|title=How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm U.S. Capitol|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-capitol-security-insight-idUSKBN29C0R5|access-date=2021-01-07|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225022809/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-capitol-security-insight-idUSKBN29C0R5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 January 2021|title=U.S. police officials shocked by apparent police failure at Capitol|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/law-enforcement-officials-across-u-s-shocked-police-failure-stop-n1253193|access-date=2021-01-07|website=[[NBC News]]|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304200828/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/law-enforcement-officials-across-u-s-shocked-police-failure-stop-n1253193|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Dewan|first1=Shaila|last2=MacFarquhar|first2=Neil|last3=Eligon|first3=John|last4=Triebert|first4=Christiaan|last5=Willis|first5=Haley|last6=Cooper|first6=Stella|last7=Engelbrecht|first7=Cora|last8=Hill|first8=Evan|last9=Ray|first9=Arielle|date=2021-01-07|title=Capitol Breach Draws Sharp Condemnation of Law Enforcement|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/Capitol-cops-police.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-07|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020735/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/Capitol-cops-police.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Emma|first=Caitlin|date=6 January 2021|title=Capitol Police firings imminent after 'attempted coup,' top appropriator warns|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/capitol-riots-police-firings-455698|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107052540/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/capitol-riots-police-firings-455698|archive-date=2021-01-07|access-date=2021-01-07|website=[[POLITICO]]|language=en}}</ref> Law enforcement was urged "to avoid the type of show of force that had inflamed tense situations in the city last year."<ref name=":1" />

Assistant Chief [[Yogananda Pittman]] was named Acting Chief of Capitol Police following the attack. She was the first woman and first [[African Americans|African American]] to lead the agency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Booker|first=Brakkton|date=11 January 2021|title=In Historic 1st, U.S. Capitol Police Name Yogananda Pittman As Acting Chief|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/11/955598516/in-historic-first-u-s-capitol-police-name-yogananda-pittman-as-acting-chief|access-date=2021-01-11|website=[[NPR]]|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170050/https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/11/955598516/in-historic-first-u-s-capitol-police-name-yogananda-pittman-as-acting-chief|url-status=live}}</ref> Pittman served in an acting capacity until July 22, 2021, when she was replaced by [[J. Thomas Manger]].

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