- The presence of current and former law enforcement officers, as well as military service members and veterans, has especially alarmed government officials. NPR found at least 14% of those charged had possible ties to the military or to law enforcement.
An analysis from West Point and George Washington University found that the Capitol riot defendants included current or former service members from every military branch except the Coast Guard. That analysis also found that less than half (44%) of the defendants with military history had deployed overseas.
AC Thompson has been deep-diving on this for about two years now. Tuesday Frontline aired 90 minutes of AC Thompson chasing down Nazis in the two years leading up to the capitol riot and I know I recommend Frontline a lot? Ignore me all you want but please listen on this one.
If anyone wants it https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/ Edit: this is the one where people lose their jobs https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-charlottesville/ Thanks for the rabbit hole KB. I basically now have a massive man crush on AC