A violent clash against a mob of angry rioters was not the battle that the U.S. Capitol Police force was prepared or equipped to win. For many of the officers, their bodies, minds and lives will never be the same. nyti.ms/3EOjFul
Over many months, @susandominus and @lukebroadwater interviewed more than two dozen officers and their families, reviewed internal documents, congressional testimony and medical records, and found a department that is still hobbled and dysfunctional. nyti.ms/3EOjFul
It is widely known that more than 80 officers from the Capitol Police alone were injured during the violence. Less understood is how long-lasting the damage, physical and psychological, to the Capitol Police force has been, @susandominus and @lukebroadwater report in @NYTMag. 
Among officers still on the force and those who left, many significant injuries and psychological disorders remain, including serious traumatic brain injuries and neurological impairment, orthopedic injuries requiring surgery, PTSD and heightened anxiety. nyti.ms/3EOjFul
It was not unusual, the first week back at the Capitol after Jan. 6, for officers of the Capitol Police walking by a bathroom or one of the many small, hidden rooms in their building to overhear the sound of weeping. nyti.ms/3EOjFul
Officers we interviewed about their decision to leave said the failures of Jan. 6 were the most egregious of a series of management crises and errors. nyti.ms/3EOjFul
The fallout from the siege on the Capitol has been especially profound in officers who believed that their daily work reflected the country’s highest ideals: to protect members of Congress, regardless of party, in order to protect democracy itself. nyti.ms/3EOjFul
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