Two Seattle police officers are facing termination after they stood by and watched as rioters scaled walls, climbed barricades, and break windows. Two Seattle police officers caught on video standing by and smiling while Trump supporters scaled walls, climbed barricades, and broke windows during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots are now facing termination after an investigation found they lied about being near the riots. The officers were two of six who had complaints about them submitted to Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability in the aftermath of the insurrection earlier this year. While the OPA determined that three of the officers were in attendance and never broke any laws, and couldn’t find evidence of any wrongdoing for another, the remaining two were caught on video standing by in a restricted area near the capitol building. (…) The officers “knew or should have known that they were criminally trespassing,” the report says. “Not only were there signs posted in that area, but there were ongoing violent acts, the use of less-lethal tools by law enforcement officers, and multiple other signs that being in that location was inappropriate and impermissible.”
via vice: Smiling Cops Caught on Video at the Capitol Riot Are in Big Trouble