Capitol Police Left Open Path for Chaos to Take Deadly Turn
- Lawmaker calls for review of catastrophic security failure
- One woman shot, killed by Capitol Police inside building
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The U.S. Capitol Police force was caught unprepared by a mob of pro-Trump extremists on Wednesday, in a failure to protect the seat of American democracy unparalleled in modern times.
Rioters, many bearing Trump garb, breached the barricades set up by the under-staffed police force and swarmed the Capitol, disrupting the certification of President-Elect Joe Biden’s election and forcing the evacuation of Vice President Mike Pence and other lawmakers.