Apparently Capitol Police rejected offers of assistance of additional law enforcement help. I listened to a press conference Thursday morning involving the mayor of DC. She said there was going to be an investigation of what happened. That tells me that there was no coordinated plan to protect the city, or federal buildings.

WASHINGTON — Three days before the pro-President Donald Trump riot at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to a defense official and two people familiar with the matter.

What is happening in policing, especially in Portland, is heartbreaking. Though it is not any better in cities outside Portland. I’m old-school when it comes to loyalty. Loyalty means supporting honest policing. Perhaps I’ve seen too much on the streets, and what matters to me is supporting officers that have seen what I have seen.

And on the dance floor broken glass
And bloody faces slowly pass
The numbered seats in empty rows
It all belongs to me you know-The Who