Yogananda Pittman
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Chief Yogananda Pittman is one of the first Black female supervisors to rise to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Capitol Police.
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02:02 - Informational hearing of HF444 (Pelowski) State-declared disaster definition restricted to exclude civil unrest.
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"When she was asked where she and her fellow chiefs were during the riot and why they weren’t on the radio, she dodged the question." https://tinyurl.com/2nescfmp
ProPublica painted a picture of Pittman as derelict, at best! Rioters were heard to say that the Capitol Police were just fat guys and girls, or words to that effect. What did she do on 6 Jan 2021 that warrants advancement?
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