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2024-12-13 17:30:26 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5C95C90509FC19178EDF0C13FCCFC7CA895E55F688970A934EA047C14FBC3401
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The Capitol Police did not use rubber bullets against Capitol rioters on Jan. 6. They were ordered not to. https://www.newsweek.com/report-finds-capitol-police-ordered-not-use-crowd-disbursement-weapons-during-riot-1583601 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/15/capitol-police-barred-using-non-lethal-weapons-during-jan-6-riot/7237812002/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/capitol-police-riot-report.html While 26 FBI informants were present, none were authorized to break the law or encourage others to do so. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/justice-inspector-general-january-6-fbi-report/index.html#:~:text=The%20DOJ%20inspector%20general%20said%20Thursday%20that%20while%20no%20undercover%20agents%20were%20at%20the%20rally%2C%2026%20confidential%20human%20sources%20%E2%80%93%20or%20paid%20FBI%20informants%20%E2%80%93%20were%20in%20Washington%20that%20day%2C%20none%20of%20whom%20were%20authorized%20to%20break%20the%20law%20themselves%20or%20encourage%20others%20to%20do%20so https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-missed-basic-step-gathering-intel-lead-jan-6-doj-watchdog-finds-rcna183449#:~:text=While%20the%20review,inspector%20general%20said https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/fbi-jan-6-undercover-agents-inspector-general-report-00194036#:~:text=Of%20those%2026,on%20January%206 The crowd was not peaceful. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/politics/january-6-hearing-donald-trump/index.html https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/examining-the-january-6-attack-on-the-us-capitol-wray-061521 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/18/1008211655/new-videos-underscore-the-violence-against-police-at-the-jan-6-capitol-riot
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