U.S. Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has written a letter to law enforcement agencies asking for clarification on the involvement of undercover police in the events that occurred on January 6th. He mentioned a verified GoPro video that depicts a person appearing to be an undercover officer who encouraged protesters to climb barriers and enter the Capitol building.
During an interview with Just The News, Loudermilk verified the legitimacy of a GoPro video that was released in March. The video shows one or more undercover D.C. Metropolitan Police officers inciting illegal activity. Loudermilk stated that they are aware that one of the officers in the video was assisting individuals in climbing the scaffolding and encouraging them to continue.
“Why is an officer encouraging people to climb the scaffolding and go into the Capitol? And secondly, why did the MPD Metropolitan Police support department decide to put undercover officers in the crowd? Was there intelligence that they had that was or was not passed on to the Capitol Police and what did the Capitol police do with that evidence, if they got it?” he added.
The video captures a plainclothes MPD officer scaling construction scaffolding and urging fellow protesters to do the same. He shouted “go, go, go” and “keep moving” to encourage them to advance towards the Capitol pavilion while they stood on a ledge outside the building.
On February 21, defendant William Pope from Topeka, Kansas filed a motion to obtain the footage. He stated that although his descriptions of the undercover MPD officers were accurate, the media and the public should also have access to the footage for verification.
“It is in the interests of justice that this exhibit in support of my motion be seen by all.”
Loudermilk wrote a letter to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief on May 16. In the letter, he asked for more details about all the undercover assets present on the day of the protest. Additionally, he requested the body-camera footage from the protest and all officer and department after action reports and after incident reports related to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
He also requested “a list identifying all MPD officers on duty on January 6, 2021, who were engaged in activities concerning the restoration of civil order at or concerning the U.S. Capitol Complex, including their unit and any information on their assignment, and whether they were in uniform or plain clothes in their role as a law enforcement officer on January 6, 2021.”
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