The conquest of the Congress House killed four people and injured more than a hundred police officers. The attack has had a profound effect on the police officers present.
Stateside police officers who witnessed the attack on the House of Congress on January 6 have shared their experiences in hearing the House of Representatives Committee of Inquiry on Tuesday.
The four police officers present told, restraining the crying, how hundreds of the then president Donald Trumpin supporters broke into the convention hall. They said the intruders had beaten the cops, barked at them racistly and threatened with killing.
The hearing will be reported by, among others, the news agency Reuters, a news channel CNN and The New York Times.
Columbia District Police Michael Fanone said he was dragged into the middle of the rioters, after which he was beaten and struck with a remote striker on the head repeatedly.
“They kept doing it until I shouted I had kids. Luckily, some in the crowd came in and helped me, ”Fanone said.
During the attack, Fanone heard a rioter say that “he will be killed with his own weapon”.
Columbia District police officer Michael Fanone was dragged into the middle of the rioters, after which he was beaten and struck with a remote cripple on the head repeatedly.
Based on the camera on his uniform, Fanone was unconscious for four minutes. According to doctors, Fanone also had a heart attack. In addition, he suffers from brain injury and traumatic stress disorder.
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“It feels like I’ve gone to hell and back.”
Fanone raised his voice and hit the witness table as he described politicians who have downplayed the attack or blamed left-wing infiltrators for what happened.
“It feels like I’ve gone to hell and back to protect people in this room. But too many tell me now that hell didn’t exist or hell wasn’t that bad. The indifference shown to my colleagues is a disgrace. ”
At the time of the attack, congressmen had gathered at the Capitol Congress House to confirm the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, i.e. Joe Biden profit. Trump and many Republican politicians had claimed the election result was fraudulent.
Congress House police Aquilino Gonell told a committee hearing on Tuesday that rioters beat him and shouted that he should be executed.
“What we had to face that day was like a medieval battlefield. We fought with each other to prevent the Capitol’s takeover and the violent gang’s intention to undermine our democratic process. “
Congress House police Aquilino Gonell was close to being crushed when rioters rushed into the Congress House.
Gonell was close to being crushed as rioters rushed into the convention hall.
“I felt like we were running out of oxygen and I remember thinking I was going to die, defending the entrance.”
Gonell said his family watched the events on television and feared that Gonell would no longer be alive. He got home in the morning.
“I had to push my wife away from hugging me because I was covered in different chemicals. I couldn’t sleep because the chemicals reactivated in the shower and my skin was still burning. ”
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Police officer Daniel Hodges was beaten with his own gas mask.
Congress House police Harry Dunn said the rioters called him by racist names and shouted that “you will die on your knees”.
The rioters told Dunn that “President Trump invited us here. We are here to prevent theft. Joe Biden is not the president. No one voted for Joe Biden. ”
Congressman Harry Dunn heard the rioters shouting that “you will die on your knees”.
Police Daniel Hodges Washington, on the other hand, was beaten with his own gas mask. The rioter utilized a mask to hack Hodges’ head against a wall in a situation where his hands were stuck.
Hodges also suffered a concussion he suspects was caused by one of the rioters dropping something heavy on him.
There were thick chemicals in the air. One of the rioters attacked Hodges and pushed his thumb into his eye, trying to dig it out.
“I screamed in pain, I managed to shake him away. I managed to shake it off before any permanent damage happened. ”
Police officer Daniel Hodges was beaten with his own gas mask.
A total of four people died on the day of the attack. One rioter died as a result of police shootings, three others due to seizures.
Police attacked by rioters died the next day. More than a hundred police officers were injured.
In addition, two police officers involved in defending the Congress House later committed suicide.
At the hearing unprecedented video footage of the attack was also shown.
The video shows police officers being beaten and rioters shouting in a corridor in the choir “hang Mike Pence”. Pence was Trump’s vice president, who was considered a traitor because he refused to prevent Biden’s victory from being confirmed.
A committee of nine members of the House of Representatives was formed after Senate Republicans blocked the establishment of an independent committee of inquiry. The members of the committee are the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a Democrat Nancy Pelosin appointed by the
The appointments became controversial, as Pelosi did not approve of two Republican leaders in the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthyn candidates who are supporters of Trump and opposed the acceptance of the election result at the time of the congressional attack.
In protest, McCarthy withdrew all five Republican candidates. Eventually, Pelosi appointed two Republicans to the committee, Liz Cheneyn and Adam Kinzingerinwho are few of Trump’s critics of the Republicans.
Prior to the hearing, McCarthy accused Pelos of the attack, which he claimed was responsible for the security of the convention hall. However, McCarthy refused to say whether Trump was in any way responsible for the takeover.
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