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NYPD, FDNY Looking At Whether Members Were in Insurrection

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 1/12/21

The de Blasio administration is taking a zero-tolerance stance when it comes to civil servants who participated in the siege of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 that jeopardized the safety of Vice President Mike Pence and Members of Congress and resulted in the murder of a Capitol Police Officer. The Fire and Police departments are both examining whether at least one employee of each was involved in the rioting. 

Fifty police officers were injured during the mob's takeover of the Capitol Building. A Trump supporter, who was in close proximity to the Senate and House chambers was fatally shot by a Capitol Police Office, and three other civilians died of unrelated medical emergencies at the scene.

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