【美國日記】21.01.19 美媒：國會警察成為“三無產品”！_風聞

​“國會山之變”是一場散兵VS遊勇的比爛，2300人的國會警察年預算卻高達5億美元（人均年預算接近22萬美元），在美媒AP的報道《警察指揮系統快速崩潰》為大家呈現了一個“美式笑話”。

華盛頓（美聯社）-當暴亂分子襲擊美國國會大廈時，許多警員不得不自行決定如何與他們戰鬥。沒有方向。沒有計劃。而且沒有最高領導。

一名警察從建築物的一側跑到另一側，與暴徒徒手戰鬥。另一人決定響應遇險人員的任何要求，並花了三個小時來幫助被防熊噴霧劑或其他化學藥品困住的警察。  

三名警員能夠將一名暴徒戴上手銬。但是，一羣人蜂擁而至，並將帶着手銬被捕男子帶走。

 1月6日，採訪四名遭到暴亂者沖垮的美國國會大廈警察，這表明當唐納德·特朗普總統慫恿的人羣湧向國會大廈時，指揮結構崩潰的速度有多快。警員們不願透露姓名，因為該部門威脅要停職與媒體對話的任何人。 

 其中一名警員告訴美聯社：“我們靠自己。” “完全靠我們自己。” 

向美聯社講話的警員説，1月6日上午，他們沒有得到領導的警告，關於成千上萬的暴亂者日益壯大，裝備比警員本身還要好。暴動一開始，該部門的領導人就沒有指示他們如何阻止暴民或營救將自己封鎖在裏面的議員。只有足夠的人員來進行一天的例行任務。 

三名警員告訴美聯社，他們整個下午都沒有在廣播中聽到史蒂文·桑德警長的聲音。事實證明，他正與副總統邁克·彭斯（Mike Pence）一起在安全的地方躲避某些包圍。桑德第二天就辭職了。

 兩名警員説，在廣播中聽到他的助手，現任臨時長官安吉尼亞·皮特曼（Yogananda Pittman），告訴部隊“封鎖建築物”，就沒有進一步指示。

 塔裏克·約翰遜中尉下達了一項具體命令，他告訴警員不要在暴徒突襲時在建築物外使用致命武力。該命令幾乎可以肯定地防止了死亡和更多的混亂，但是這意味着警員沒有抽出武器，而是用拳頭和警棍反擊。

 約翰遜（Johnson）在穿越暴動人羣時被戴上“讓美國再次偉大”（Make America Great Again）帽子拍攝，被停職。約翰遜告訴同事們，他戴上這頂帽子是一種戰術，旨在贏得羣眾的信任，因為他試圖接觸被暴徒壓制的其他軍官。 《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）獲得的有關該事件的視頻顯示，約翰遜向暴徒求助，以幫助他的同事。 

無法聯繫到約翰遜發表評論，一名警員在廣播中聽到他反覆的問：“誰有計劃？”

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership.

One cop ran from one side of the building to another, fighting hand-to-hand against rioters. Another decided to respond to any calls of officers in distress and spent three hours helping cops who had been immobilized by bear spray or other chemicals.

Three officers were able to handcuff one rioter. But a crowd swarmed the group and took the arrested man away with the handcuffs still on.

Interviews with four members of the U.S. Capitol Police who were overrun by rioters on Jan. 6 show just how quickly the command structure collapsed as throngs of people, egged on by President Donald Trump, set upon the Capitol. The officers spoke on condition of anonymity because the department has threatened to suspend anyone who speaks to the media.

“We were on our own,” one of the officers told The Associated Press. “Totally on our own.”

The officers who spoke to the AP said they were given next to no warning by leadership on the morning of Jan. 6 about what would become a growing force of thousands of rioters, many better armed than the officers themselves were. And once the riot began, they were given no instructions by the department’s leaders on how to stop the mob or rescue lawmakers who had barricaded themselves inside. There were only enough officers for a routine day.

***Three officers told the AP they did not hear Chief Steven Sund on the radio the entire afternoon. It turned out he was sheltering with Vice President Mike Pence in a secure location for some of the siege. Sund resigned the next day.***His assistant chief, Yogananda Pittman, who is now interim chief, was heard over the radio telling the force to “lock the building down,” with no further instructions, two officers said.

One specific order came from Lt. Tarik Johnson, who told officers not to use deadly force outside the building as the rioters descended, the officers recounted. The order almost certainly prevented deaths and more chaos, but it meant officers didn’t pull their weapons and were fighting back with fists and batons.

Johnson has been suspended after being captured on video wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while moving through crowds of rioters. Johnson told colleagues he wore the hat as a tactic to gain the crowd’s confidence as he tried to reach other officers who were pinned down by rioters, one of the officers said. A video of the incident obtained by the Wall Street Journal shows Johnson asking rioters for help in getting his colleagues.

Johnson, who could not be reached for comment, was heard by an officer on the radio repeatedly asking, “Does anybody have a plan?”