Four police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 spoke out during the first hearing of the select committee investigating the attack, sharing harrowing details of their physical and mental trauma politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
Officer Michael Fanone recounted getting dragged from the front line into the mob, where he was beaten and repeatedly electrocuted by a taser while rioters tried to disarm him and someone suggested they “kill him with his own gun.” ow.ly/gJz750FEQq1
Officer Daniel Hodges described getting crushed in the door in that now-infamous video from the Capitol riot during his testimony today. ow.ly/gJz750FEQq1
Officer Harry Dunn gave a searing depiction of the racist abuse he endured on Jan. 6 while defending the Capitol. “No one had ever called me a ‘n-----’ while wearing the uniform of a Capitol Police officer,” he said. ow.ly/gJz750FEQq1
Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell paused to wipe tears away while talking about returning home at 4 a.m. the night after Jan. 6, and his wife attempting to hug him — he firmly turned her away because of all the chemical irritants on his body ow.ly/gJz750FEQq1
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