The National Police Association lobbying group said the House hearing into the Jan. 6 Capitol incident is politically motivated, urging Congress to investigate left-wing riots that left numerous officers injured last year. Association spokeswoman Betsy Brantner Smith, in an interview, said Congress should instead hear testimonials from thousands of officers who were injured during demonstrations, riots, arson, and other violence last year following the death of George Floyd. During the first hearing for the House select committee on the Jan. 6 breach, four police officers offered testimony and provided said that individuals who entered the Capitol made specific threats against them. “People need to see that police officers go through horrible things, and Jan. 6 was a horrible thing for some of those officers,” Smith told Fox News. “But, quite frankly, I find this whole Jan. 6 Commission, frankly, a dog and pony show. It doesn’t tell the whole story.” …
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