EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Officers Were Investigated, Some Found Guilty of Being Friendly to Jan. 6 Protesters

Despite the mounting evidence continuously exposed by The Epoch Times that some law enforcement officers engaged in brutal, unprovoked attacks against essentially peaceful Jan. 6 protesters, every one of them has been cleared of wrongdoing. However, several documents obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times show other officers were investigated for being friendly with protesters, six of whom were found guilty and disciplined for their actions.

According to a Sept. 12, 2021, news report, the U.S. Capitol Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) launched 38 internal investigations related to police conduct on Jan. 6, 2021. Many of the investigations were prompted by anonymous tips after USCP personnel were encouraged to “report any misconduct by USCP employees.”

Bulletin No. 21.13, published Jan. 13, 2021, announced the establishment of the Office of Professional Responsibility Tip Line encouraging U.S. Capitol Police personnel to “report any misconduct by USCP employees that occurred during the events on Janury 6, 2021.” (U.S. Capitol Police)

However, the OPR was only able to identify the officers involved in 26 of the 38 incidents. Twenty-five of these reports were obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times, some of which are outlined below.

The Reports

In some of these cases, officers were investigated for simply bumping elbows (pdf), shaking hands (pdf), and fist bumping (pdf) with protesters who had entered the Capitol building.

Another officer was investigated because he had an “Oathkeeper” bumper sticker on his personal vehicle (pdf), which “allegedly brought the Department into disrepute.”

None of the officers involved in these cases were found guilty of wrongdoing.

In another report, an unnamed officer was accused of violating the USCP rules of conduct when he “allegedly made contact with three unidentified and unauthorized male individuals in what appeared to be recognition and possible friendship” and then initiated fist bumps with the men, who were part

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