60 d.c. metropolitan police were assaulted. as our own court filings and thousands of public videos of the event attest, perpetrators punched dozens of law enforcement officers, knocking some officers unconscious. some perpetrators tackled and dragged law enforcement officers. among the many examples of such violence, one officer was crushed in a door. another was dragged down a set of stairs face down repeatedly tased and beaten, and suffered a heart attack. some perpetrators attacked law enforcement officers with chemical agents that burned their eyes and skin, and some assaulted officers with pipes, poles, and other dangerous or deadly weapons. perpetrators also targeted, sexual assaulted, tackled and harassed journalists and destroyed their equipment. with increasing numbers of