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The rioters breached barricades erected by Capitol Police around the Capitol. Ultimately, one unarmed woman, [[Ashli Babbitt]], was fatally shot by a USCP officer when she attempted to climb through a shattered window in a barricaded door, and three other rioters died in medical emergencies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Gurman|first=Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie|date=2021-01-07|title=Capitol Police Weren't Prepared for Rioters, Authorities Say|language=en-US|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-07|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020800/https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798}}</ref><ref name="fox5dc">{{cite news |url= https://www.fox5dc.com/news/u-s-capitol-police-issue-statement-on-pro-trump-riots |title= U.S. Capitol Police issue statement on pro-Trump riots |website= [[Fox 5 DC]] |date= 2021-01-07 |access-date= 2021-01-07 |archive-date= 2021-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210128185136/https://www.fox5dc.com/news/u-s-capitol-police-issue-statement-on-pro-trump-riots |url-status= live }}</ref> One USCP police officer was also injured during the attack, with another officer who responded to the attack dying off-duty days later.<ref>{{cite web |last1=United States Capitol Police |title=Loss of USCP Officer Brian D. Sicknick |url=https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-brian-d-sicknick |website=United States Capitol Police |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108061821/https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-brian-d-sicknick |archive-date=8 January 2021 |date=7 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="PGDED">{{Cite web|title=Police Confirm Death Of Officer Injured During Attack On Capitol|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/07/954333542/four-dead-police-injured-dozens-arrested-after-siege-at-the-u-s-capitol|access-date=2021-01-08|website=[[NPR]]|date=7 January 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020624/https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/07/954333542/four-dead-police-injured-dozens-arrested-after-siege-at-the-u-s-capitol|url-status=live|last1=Diaz |first1=Jaclyn |last2=Chappell |first2=Bill |last3=Moore |first3=Elena }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/10/955461525/capitol-police-officer-who-responded-to-mob-attack-dies-off-duty |title=Capitol Police Officer Who Responded To Mob Attack Dies Off Duty |website=[[NPR]] |date=10 January 2021 |last1=Sprunt |first1=Barbara |last2=Wise |first2=Alana |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304070236/https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/10/955461525/capitol-police-officer-who-responded-to-mob-attack-dies-off-duty |url-status=live }}</ref> More than fifty USCP and [[Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia|MPD]] officers were injured during the attack, and several USCP officers were hospitalized with serious injuries.<ref name="fox5dc" /> | The rioters breached barricades erected by Capitol Police around the Capitol. Ultimately, one unarmed woman, [[Ashli Babbitt]], was fatally shot by a USCP officer when she attempted to climb through a shattered window in a barricaded door, and three other rioters died in medical emergencies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Gurman|first=Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie|date=2021-01-07|title=Capitol Police Weren't Prepared for Rioters, Authorities Say|language=en-US|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-07|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020800/https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798}}</ref><ref name="fox5dc">{{cite news |url= https://www.fox5dc.com/news/u-s-capitol-police-issue-statement-on-pro-trump-riots |title= U.S. Capitol Police issue statement on pro-Trump riots |website= [[Fox 5 DC]] |date= 2021-01-07 |access-date= 2021-01-07 |archive-date= 2021-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210128185136/https://www.fox5dc.com/news/u-s-capitol-police-issue-statement-on-pro-trump-riots |url-status= live }}</ref> One USCP police officer was also injured during the attack, with another officer who responded to the attack dying off-duty days later.<ref>{{cite web |last1=United States Capitol Police |title=Loss of USCP Officer Brian D. Sicknick |url=https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-brian-d-sicknick |website=United States Capitol Police |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108061821/https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-brian-d-sicknick |archive-date=8 January 2021 |date=7 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="PGDED">{{Cite web|title=Police Confirm Death Of Officer Injured During Attack On Capitol|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/07/954333542/four-dead-police-injured-dozens-arrested-after-siege-at-the-u-s-capitol|access-date=2021-01-08|website=[[NPR]]|date=7 January 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020624/https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/07/954333542/four-dead-police-injured-dozens-arrested-after-siege-at-the-u-s-capitol|url-status=live|last1=Diaz |first1=Jaclyn |last2=Chappell |first2=Bill |last3=Moore |first3=Elena }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/10/955461525/capitol-police-officer-who-responded-to-mob-attack-dies-off-duty |title=Capitol Police Officer Who Responded To Mob Attack Dies Off Duty |website=[[NPR]] |date=10 January 2021 |last1=Sprunt |first1=Barbara |last2=Wise |first2=Alana |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304070236/https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/10/955461525/capitol-police-officer-who-responded-to-mob-attack-dies-off-duty |url-status=live }}</ref> More than fifty USCP and [[Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia|MPD]] officers were injured during the attack, and several USCP officers were hospitalized with serious injuries.<ref name="fox5dc" /> | ||
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= | 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" /> | ||
At the behest of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Capitol Police chief [[Steven Sund]] announced his resignation the following day, effective January 16, 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 January 2021|title=US Capitol Police chief to resign after Wednesday's riots|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/capitol-police-reaction-details/index.html|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=CNN|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209170844/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/capitol-police-reaction-details/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two other officers were also suspended in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/capitol-police-officers-suspended-riot-inauguration|title=Two Capitol police officers suspended over behavior during riot|date=January 12, 2021|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302080829/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/capitol-police-officers-suspended-riot-inauguration|url-status=live}}</ref> Six Capitol Police officers were suspended and 29 more were being investigated in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-capitol-police-officers-suspended-alleged-actions-during-capitol-riot-n1258329|title=Six Capitol police officers suspended for alleged actions during riot|website=NBC News|date=19 February 2021 |access-date=2021-02-19|archive-date=2021-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306212158/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-capitol-police-officers-suspended-alleged-actions-during-capitol-riot-n1258329|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/02/18/6-capitol-police-officers-suspended-for-actions-during-capitol-riot/|title=6 Capitol Police Officers Suspended For Actions During Riot|first=Rachel|last=Sandler|website=Forbes|access-date=2021-02-19|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301203541/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/02/18/6-capitol-police-officers-suspended-for-actions-during-capitol-riot/|url-status=live}}</ref> | At the behest of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Capitol Police chief [[Steven Sund]] announced his resignation the following day, effective January 16, 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 January 2021|title=US Capitol Police chief to resign after Wednesday's riots|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/capitol-police-reaction-details/index.html|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=CNN|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209170844/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/capitol-police-reaction-details/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two other officers were also suspended in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/capitol-police-officers-suspended-riot-inauguration|title=Two Capitol police officers suspended over behavior during riot|date=January 12, 2021|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302080829/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/capitol-police-officers-suspended-riot-inauguration|url-status=live}}</ref> Six Capitol Police officers were suspended and 29 more were being investigated in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-capitol-police-officers-suspended-alleged-actions-during-capitol-riot-n1258329|title=Six Capitol police officers suspended for alleged actions during riot|website=NBC News|date=19 February 2021 |access-date=2021-02-19|archive-date=2021-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306212158/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-capitol-police-officers-suspended-alleged-actions-during-capitol-riot-n1258329|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/02/18/6-capitol-police-officers-suspended-for-actions-during-capitol-riot/|title=6 Capitol Police Officers Suspended For Actions During Riot|first=Rachel|last=Sandler|website=Forbes|access-date=2021-02-19|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301203541/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/02/18/6-capitol-police-officers-suspended-for-actions-during-capitol-riot/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||