More than three years after its installation was approved by Congress, a plaque honoring law enforcement personnel for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is instead sitting in a Capitol basement utility room surrounded by tools and maintenance equipment.
The cast bronze memorial to the officers, which declares that “their heroism will never be forgotten,” was required by law to be installed by March 2023 near the west front of the building. That was the scene of some of the most intense battles between police and supporters of President Donald Trump who attacked the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election of Joe Biden as president.
The legislation authorizing the memorial was part of an omnibus spending package approved by Democrats and 39 Republicans in 2022 and signed into law by Biden. Leadership of the House changed in 2023 when Republicans took control and before the plaque was ready to be installed. The memorial has been in limbo ever since.
The party of “back the blue” ladies and gents
A shock to nobody.
Did Josh Hawley even say thank you? Looked like he almost pissed his pants.
I hope the next time the MAGAts throw an insurrection the Capitol Police just retreat to wherever the Democrats are barricaded, and let the mob do whatever it wants to the GOP fuckwads
I honestly wonder if we would be better off right now if they let the mob rough up a few politicians. There would have been way less of a milquetoast reaction to it.
You see nothing!
ACAB?
I’m with you on this one. Lemmy has some bipolar opinions when it comes to cops. Definitely glad that January 6th failed, but we don’t need an ounce more hero worship for law enforcement. Their violence against the citizenry cancels out their credit for good deeds.
Violence against the citizenry is what they’re paid for. They’re the executive branch of the government holding the monopoly on vialence.
Republicans have no shame
