Thread by @TaylerUSA

I have obtained unreleased January 6th footage—

Timestamp: 1:35PM

One munition is thrown into the crowd directly prior to the video stoking unrest on the front line.

In this one video four concussion grenades are thrown into a crowd that is standing around.

At 1:07PM Officers can be seen shooting protestors with rubber munitions and pepper balls.

I arrived at Peace Monument at 12:50PM and the first gate came down at 12:53PM.

Timestamp: 12:41PM —

This is all the security that was responsible for keeping over a million people away from the Capitol.

By this time barriers have began to be cut, creating the illusion of an overflow area that is okay to walk in.

Timestamp: 12:53 (The time the first and second barriers goes down)

Notice the only Officers separating a crowd of countless people and the Capitol consisted of 3 female officers and 2 males—

Almost all of them were rookies in the force, do they look prepared?

Timestamp: 2:40PM

Police begin to retreat into the Capitol, this is 4 minutes before Ashli Babbitt is killed and a signal flare is shot into the air.

Timestamp: 2:41PM

A man on the catwalk attempting to break windows is stopped and has what appears to be a hammer taken by a Trump Supporter and is told to leave. (He appears to do so)

Timestamp: 3:02PM

At approximately 16 seconds you can see over 30 officers standing back and doing nothing as they watch a Times reporter record the interaction instead of getting the doors closed.

(Ashli Babbitt was shot inside the Capitol at 2:44PM)

Timestamp: 3:04PM

A group in a stack formation coming out of the Capitol—

Some pretty interesting characters amongst the crowd and coming out of the building...

Timestamp: 5:04PM

Upper West Terrace multiple Officers had popped out of tunnels in a V formation and deployed a large amount of CS and Smoke.

Notice at 4 seconds the person dressed entirely in Black Bloc?

The use of CS gas at this time was the highest throughout the day.

National Guard can also be seen entering a tunnel in the background.

This is a still shot of the person in Black Bloc with NG near the tunnel in the background.

There also appears to be someone who is with a film crew in the mask with pink cartridges alongside the cameraman.

Here is a statement from the witness who took these videos:

Upon entering the assigned area of protest there were only a handful of officers visible. The first barricade would be taken down within minutes and from there it was a direct path to the western terrace steps. ⤵️

With no Impediment. And we know how the first barricade was removed. When it was removed you either went forward or you would be trampled. Immediately and without warning the cops began to use ‘pepper spray guns’ on protesters. ⤵️

I was one of the first hit with one within 5ft. They fired indiscriminately. The crowd would then be brutalized. Flash bangs grenades, concussion grenades, smoke and gas were all fired at will with zero concern for just cause. ⤵️

As individuals would cross the line They would beat them and drag them into a doorway beneath the western terrace. Each time they did this it would further enrage the crowd. ⤵️

After about an hour of that at the steps of the western terrace there would be groups on both flanks that began to systematically remove the barricades. They pulled them up and back. Giving the officers no chance of replacing them. This is how the line was broke through. ⤵️

And it was done with precision. I remember thinking how is such a loosely connected group of people doing this? They weren’t. The men who removed the barricades were all together and had a plan.⤵️

From that point the officers would further enact a brutality I have never seen before until they retreated up the terrace steps in pursuit of the protesters who broke through the steps plastic sheet barrier. And then at exactly 14:40 the police would retreat into the tunnel. ⤵️

When they did this the western terrace platform was overran. At around 17:00 they would then exit the western terrace tunnel and fire the most lethal gas of the day. When they did this they also send/had dozens of officers on the terrace itself. ⤵️

The protesters would run for their lives. Literally their lives as no one could remain in the gas. While the protesters ran and attempted to exit the steps they were beat, some within an inch of their lives. ⤵️

I remember at this specific moment near the stairs of the upper western terrace. There was an elderly man being beat with a Baton by a women officer who then claimed to be ‘helping him’. He could not breath in the gas. I attempted to block the blows and pick him up to his feet.⤵️

I was successful and we exited the terrace. The scene was unreal. But it made sense that such brutality would be used to block out the protest of the most vial of offenses; the certification of an unelected man to the position of President.

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