4 things to know about the Jan. 6 footage released by Tucker Carlson
Capitol Police chief refutes 'offensive and misleading' conclusions
In a memo published Tuesday, Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger criticized the release of the video footage for promoting "offensive and misleading conclusions about the January 6 attack." He stated that "the opinion program never reached out to the Department to provide accurate context."
NEW - Capitol Police chief Thomas Manger sends internal memo this am saying Carlson’s report was “filled with offensive and misleading conclusions” about Jan. 6 and says the “opinion program” never reached out with appropriate context. Reporting w/ @rachelvscottpic.twitter.com/BrnD0n4IN1
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Manger took issue with the idea that Capitol Police officers "helped the rioters and acted as 'tour guides.'" He insisted that "this is outrageous and false," adding, "those officers did their best to use de-escalation tactics to try to talk rioters into getting each other to leave the building."
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"The program conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video. The commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments."
Carlson maintained that he cleared the release of the footage with Capitol Police before he put it on air.
"Before airing any of this video, we checked first with the Capitol Police. We're happy to say that for the most part, their reservations were minor and, for the most part, they were reasonable."
"In the end, the only change that we made was in blurring the details of a single interior door in the Capitol Building. You're unlikely even to notice it when we show you, and we are confident it does not affect our reporting."
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
