Never Forget What Happened on January 6, 2021!

David Couper

I say this because while I had some idea from network news what happened on that fateful date. A day of infamy that I now rank along with December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001.

I was shocked beyond words after recently viewing an extensive video documentary released after six months of investigation by a team of journalists from the New York Times.

If you think maybe it was just a loud and angry protest that occurred on that day, view this video and think again. I have practiced policing for three decades and observed police activities since that time and I can tell you that I have never seen police so overwhelmed, battered, and injured (causing the death of one officer!) as I did in this video.

Fake news? Come on, this was mayhem and insurrection! Check out the coordination, personal radios, shields, baseball bats and cans of bear spray!

Published by David Couper

I served over 20 years as the chief of police in Madison (WI), four years as chief of the Burnsville (MN) Police Department, and before that as a police officer in Edina (MN) and the City of Minneapolis. I hold graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Edgewood College in Madison. I have written many articles over my years as a police leader. After retiring from the police department, I answered a call to ministry, attended seminary, and was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. After almost 30 years serving in and leading two Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of Milwaukee, I am "sort-of" in the process of retirement. Life is good.

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  1. “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” — Constitutional Oath of Office

    Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan & Mitch McConnell have failed to up-hold their sworn oath as a member of Congress!

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