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Acting US Capitol Police Chief Yoganada Pittman replaced former Chief Steven Sund after his resignation resulting from the January 6th Capitol incursion. [H/T CBS News]
In spite of the fact that Pittman fits the intersectional victimhood criteria as a woman of color, she received a no confidence vote in her inherited role.
The U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, which represents Capitol Police officers, announced that 92 percent of those participating in a recent ballot voted that they had no confidence in Pittman, as reported by CBS News. Other top leaders also received a no confidence vote after the Capitol incursion.
“Capitol Police offers have delivered an overwhelming vote of No Confidence in the senior leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police,” the union said in a news release.
“The past week of the impeachment trial showed members of Congress and the entire country, devastating details of the violence that Capitol Police officers faced during the insurrection,” Papathanasiou said, according to Fox News. “It was the darkest day in the history of the department.”
Papathanasiou said there are leaders within the department who are better suited for leadership than Pittman and the rest of the current leadership team.
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The U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, which represents Capitol Police officers, announced that 92 percent of those participating in a recent ballot voted that they had no confidence in Pittman, as reported by CBS News. Other top leaders also received a no confidence vote after the Capitol incursion.
“Capitol Police offers have delivered an overwhelming vote of No Confidence in the senior leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police,” the union said in a news release.
“The Executive Board of the Capitol Police Union called for rank-and-file members to consider a vote of no confidence late last week following the senior leadership’s mishandling of the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th,” the union said. “The board took this unprecedented step after reviewing details of the events on, and leading up to, January 6th and the subsequent deaths of 6 people, and injuries to approximately 140 Capitol and Metropolitan Police officers.”
“[O]ur leadership clearly failed us. We know because we were there,” union chairman Gus Papathanasiou said in a statement, according to CBS News.
“[O]ur leadership clearly failed us. We know because we were there,” union chairman Gus Papathanasiou said in a statement, according to CBS News.
“The past week of the impeachment trial showed members of Congress and the entire country, devastating details of the violence that Capitol Police officers faced during the insurrection,” Papathanasiou said, according to Fox News. “It was the darkest day in the history of the department.”
Papathanasiou said there are leaders within the department who are better suited for leadership than Pittman and the rest of the current leadership team.
“We hope Congressional leaders and the entire Capitol Hill community understands that continuing with the current USCP leadership is not an option,” he said.
“The current leadership is just a continuation of the past regimes on this Department and there needs to be accountability. Their failures are inexcusable. This vote, which the majority of the officers in the bargaining unit participated in, shows they have lost our trust. The anger in this department is widespread and the trust that has been broken it is not going to be regained.”
Pittman has said the department knew before the pro-Trump rally that took place Jan. 6 that the demonstration would not be a typical protest. Democrats accused then-President Donald Trump of “inciting an insurrection” with his speech that day, but that wasn't true if you listened to his words.
“The current leadership is just a continuation of the past regimes on this Department and there needs to be accountability. Their failures are inexcusable. This vote, which the majority of the officers in the bargaining unit participated in, shows they have lost our trust. The anger in this department is widespread and the trust that has been broken it is not going to be regained.”
Pittman has said the department knew before the pro-Trump rally that took place Jan. 6 that the demonstration would not be a typical protest. Democrats accused then-President Donald Trump of “inciting an insurrection” with his speech that day, but that wasn't true if you listened to his words.
It isn't clear, however, how much they knew and when they knew it and is the subject of a letter from House Republicans to Speaker Nancy "Frenetic Hands" Pelosi, according to Fox News.
The letter was submitted by House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis of Illinois, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan of Ohio, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer of Kentucky and House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes of California.
It seeks to understand what was done about Sund’s early warning about the Jan. 6 rally.
Sund said that on January 4th, he approached the House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving asking for National Guard support but Irving seemed more concerned about "the optics" of a Guard deployment and didn't believe the "intelligence supported it."
Now we have thousands of National Guard troops at the Capitol for an interminable amount of time before Pelosi has them relieved of their post and return home to their families and jobs.
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