How battered D.C. police made a stand against the Capitol mob
D.C. police officers Jimmy Albright, left, and Michael Fanone, usually on plainclothes detail, were in uniform on Jan. 6 when they got the emergency call that the Capitol was under attack. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin
District of Columbia officer Daniel Hodges was beaten and sprayed with bear spray in an assault recorded on video. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin It looked like a medieval battle scene, said D.C. officer Michael Fanone, who was pulled from a Capitol entrance by rioters and beaten as officers tried to repel them. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin
Last week we featured an horrific video from the U.S. Capitol insurrection in which an officer was dragged down the stairs and beaten by the mob. Now that officer is speaking out, and his story is chilling. Officer Michael Fanone spoke to CNN about what he was thinking while it happened: “I was just, you […]
He had been pushed, shoved and even tased multiple times. He was alone and exhausted.
Lying dazed on the marble steps leading out of the west side of the U.S. Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6, D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone heard bone-chilling words coming from some of President Trump s supporters who were surrounding him. I remember guys chanting, Kill him with his own gun, says Fanone, a 19-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Fanone s experience at the Capitol after pro-Trump mobs stormed it provides a shocking insight into the threats and violence faced by D.C. police officers who rushed to the building after it was breached. Crowds turned their fury on the men in blue, spraying them with mace, throwing fire extinguishers at them, crushing them in tight hallways, and even threatening to kill them.
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