Security cords creaking under the pressure, and the Capitol police allowing hundreds of people to enter the building, where parliamentarians were working to certify the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States.
If we do not yet know the reasons why the police were unable to prevent the invasion of the Capitol, Didier Combeau, author of "The American Police" discusses the missions of this force dedicated to the protection of elected officials and institutions.
A service which aims "to protect the administrative buildings" that make up the district and to support "parliamentarians wherever they are in the country". A group of "2,000 men" whose maintenance of order is not the core business and who had to be supported on January 6 by the volunteers of the National Guard to restore order.