Officer Jeffrey Smith died by suicide just days after the Capitol attack. Now, thanks to his body camera video, we know much more about all that he went through on Jan. 6. Watch: huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-…
A D.C. resident was stressed after the Jan. 6 attack, so she visited her chiropractor a few blocks from the Capitol. Here’s what happened next: huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-…
Hours after the initial melee inside the Capitol building involving the Capitol Hill chiropractor, Officer Jeffrey Smith was struck by a metal pole outside the Capitol. Here’s the view from his body camera just after that attack: huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-…
If you look closely at this video released this week, you’ll see the Capitol Hill chiropractor in the mob as they bum-rush the door. Look just above the shattered window on the right:
Seconds after a member of the mob tosses an officer to the ground, the D.C. chiropractor breaches the Capitol building with a hoodie over his head:
Turns out “on the Capitol steps” wasn’t quite the whole story.
Quite an omniscient transition, in hindsight!
“We were literally in the halls of the Capitol pushing people out,” Jeffrey reportedly texted the friend. “It was like a movie.” huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-…
“He didn’t know the layout of the Capitol. The last time he was in the Capitol was when he was 10 years old. He didn’t know if he was going to get out alive.” huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-…
Watch some of what the late Officer Jeffrey Smith experienced on Jan. 6.
Smith’s widow was stonewalled for months, but the estate finally pried the video free thanks to a civil suit filed against two of the conspiracy theorists who stormed the Capitol:
There’s really zero doubt that David Walls-Kaufman stormed the Capitol. He hasn’t even really disputed it, because that would be absurd. The only real questions are whether he catches felonies and whether he’s specifically charged with assault. huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-…
John Strand and Simone Gold, who breached the Capitol building through the east rotunda doors at the same moment as David Walls-Kaufman, have both been indicted for obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting.
From a source: Here’s video of David Walls-Kaufman watching the windows get smashed shortly before he breached the Capitol with the surging mob.
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