The largest police organization in the United States that supported Donald Trump in the recent elections has just rejected the president’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 individuals involved in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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This was said by the US police union.
"Crimes against the enforcement of the law are not just attacks on individuals or public safety: they are attacks on society and undermine the rule of law," said a joint statement from the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). "Allowing those convicted of these crimes to be released early diminishes accountability and devalues the sacrifices made by brave law enforcement officers and their families."
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During his first hours as the new president of the United States, Trump granted a "full, complete, and unconditional pardon" to 1,500 individuals accused or convicted in connection with the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
Although most charges were related to illegal entry and disruption of public order, others had lengthy sentences for assaulting the police and serious crimes: "They have been in jail for a long time. These people have been destroyed," Trump said in the Oval Office.
He also commuted 14 prison sentences, including that of the founder of the far-right group Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.
Person assaulted during the assault on the Capitol
More than 140 officers from the United States Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC were assaulted during the assault on the Capitol with the intention of preventing Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president.
Out of the nearly 1,500 individuals, 608 are accused of assaulting, resisting, impeding, or obstructing agents during civil unrest, and 174 were charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily harm to an officer.