Kill him with his own gun: Cop recalls facing Trumpist rioters at US Capitol
Kill him with his own gun: Cop recalls facing Trumpist rioters at US Capitol
A Washington DC Police Officer, Michael Fanone has recalled his chilling experience facing the mob at US Capitol which shook the world.
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UPDATED: January 15, 2021 12:36 IST
Supporters of Donald Trump launched a violent attack on the Capitol on January 6, during which they stormed the building that resulted in the deaths of five people. (Photo: Reuters)
Kill him with his own gun. These were the words that forced Washington DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone to jump back into survival mode after being tasered several times at the back of his neck.
Daniel Hodges, Michael Fanone and Christina Laury were all attacked last week
Hodges was filmed being crushed by the mob by a door as he tried to protect the Capitol
Fanone says the rioters tried to steal his gun and were yelling kill him with his own gun!
He said he only survived because he told the crowd that he had children
He was ripped from the crowd, who chanted we got one! we got one!
Fanone suffered a mild heart attack and was hospitalized for two days
Christina Laury was sprayed in the face with bear mace which sealed her eyes shut
Some of the D.C. police officers who rushed to the siege at the U.S. Capitol last week shared stories conveying bravery and the awareness that they knew they.
WASHINGTON As DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone lay on the ground at the US Capitol building, stunned and injured, he knew a group of rioters were stripping him of his gear. They grabbed spare ammunition, ripped the police radio off his chest and even stole his badge.
Then, Fanone, who had just been Tasered several times in the back of the neck, heard something chilling that made him go into survival mode. Some guys started getting a hold of my gun and they were screaming out, Kill him with his own gun, said Fanone, who s been a police officer for almost two decades.
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