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The initial force of the storm took out power and phone lines and caused landslides, including one across a major highway, leaving it difficult to evaluate the severity of the situation on the ground.

In March 2022, Wagner was thought to have sent an initial force of just over 1,000.

“I understand cops need to protect themselves, too, or that if something had been going on that the victim may try to lie when cops show up, but the initial force and yelling we experienced wasn’t necessary,” Chu said in a statement to The Times.

Plaskett then showed an initial force of the Trump-inspired mob breaking through the windows of the Capitol, including one member in tactical gear carrying a baseball bat and another carrying the Confederate flag.

As the Defense Department moved this week to deploy an initial force of 7,000 troops, several top former officials questioned the silence of Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.