Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman faces pro-Trump attackers at the US Capitol, January 6, 2021. Goodman led the mob away from the Senate chamber where legislators were hiding (New York Times)
The Justice Department releases a three-hour video of the attack by Trumpists on the US Capitol on January 6, with the invaders brandishing weapons and attacking police officers.
The security camera video, with no audio, begins with the retreat of officers who stumble inside the building and wash chemical spray out of their eyes. The Trumpists move in behind them, coordinating efforts to attack. They swing fists and poles, punching and kicking at the officers, and using pepper spray.
The attackers pull out Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, tasing him in the neck, beating him with a flagpole, and screaming “Kill him with his own gun” as he falls unconscious.
Police push the Trumpists to the edge of a tunnel entrance more than 30 minutes into the attack, but a second assault soon begins. standoff with police, the rioters began a second attack on the line of officers.
Two officers move into the crowd to help QAnon supporter Rosanne Boyland, who is on the ground dying from an accidental overdose. But they are knocked down and beaten with a flagpole and other weapons, injuring one officer in the head and the other in the face and shoulder.
Two of the attackers in the footge have been convicted and sentenced. Devlyn Thompson, who admitted throwing a speaker at police officers and hitting an officer in the hand with a baton, will serve almost four years. Robert Palmer, who used a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank, and a pole to attack police, has been given a term of more than five years.
Send them to Gitmo
Patriot posers……they have no fucking idea what means to be a patriot……bunch weak minded tools
You lost fair and square. Get over it.
Send them and the rest to Gitmo with the rest of the terrorists.
I didn’t see any terrorist. I saw disgruntled American citizens unhappy with what they felt was not a free and fair election. We don’t imprison our political opponents in this country. These 2 men that will serve time deserve what they got. Too bad BLM and Antifa won’t face the sane justice for what they did to this country.
You lost fair and square. Get over it.
Why aren’t BLM and Antifa held to the same standards? They burned cities and public buildings. They also killed people. The only person to die on Jan. 6 was an unarmed protestor.
Drink that Trump Kool-aid often? This was an insurrection, these people should be jailed for life. Lock them up.
Your reality is based on what the media tells you is reality. You no longer think for yourself. You have let others do that for you. Wake up..Wake up..
You don’t star an insurrection because you believe lies – idiot. And if it was BLM.- they would have been arrested on the spot
If you can answer the following question, you will see that what you see is wrong and delusional: “If the Capitol attackers had found the targeted lawmakers, what could they have done with them?, nothing?”. You’re wrong!!!
It’s a myth that no one was charged or convicted in those riots.
These weren’t disgruntled citizens. They are domestic terrorists who trying to overthrow the government.
Just absolute BS. Any person who orchestrates OR organises OR takes part in any attack on a MOST important institution that preserves democracy and human rights IS a Terrorist! PERIOD! The entire world looks up at America to lead from the front AND IF America falters in protecting democratic institutions, then God bless this world!
Anyone who supports or justifies in any way these attacks are doing an absolute disservice to the basic freedom of being part of the free and democratic World.
Lol “We don’t imprison our political opponents We just threaten to hang them on the front lawn of the nation’s capital.”
Agreed
You should get your facts some place other than fake fox news. The BLM protests were almost free of violence. They were violently attacked by trump military especially the night when ivanka suggested tgey take over the church near the white house just so he could awkwardly hold a bible. It is obviously not something he is familiar with, like all books. This was an insurrection that killed people & injured hundreds. They attacked law enforcement with violence that deserves more prison time than they got. If these insurrectionists were black they would all be in prison. I think they shoukd have bern put on trial for treason. Trump might still get there. When are any of you trumpsters going to understand there was no fraud. So far the only actual cases of fraud have been by republicans using dead relativrs to vote. This whole lie has nothing to do with voter fraud or him wanting to do right by the citizens of this country. His only motivations are power & greed. He actually made money with his trump hotel bevause he was open to bribes by foreign officials.
So stop perpetuating this lie about a stolen election. The majority of americans see trump for what he is: a grifter, a liar, a coward (mr bone spurs who spent time mocking those who joined the military) and someone who absolutely wanted to remain in power. The more proof that gets released to the jan 6 committee shows it was instigated by him & his sycophants. Try them all for treason.