Black Woman Named Acting Capitol Police Chief
Yogananda Pittman has just become the first woman and the first Black person to head the U.S. Capitol Police force. What We Know: Following the siege on the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated in a press conference on Thursday that acting police chief Steven Sund “hasn’t even called” since the incident. “There was a failure of leadership at the top of the Capitol Police,” Pelosi said. Just hours after the riots, U.S. Capitol Police chief, Steven Sund, resigned. […]