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WATCH LIVE: House Investigation of Jan. 6 Attack Begins With Police Testimony

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Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)7/27/2021 9:37:41 am PDT

re: #13 stpaulbear

I’m watching this about 45 minutes behind what’s happening live, but this is one of the most heart wrenching thing I’ve ever watched. I’m so glad that this is proceeding in a somber and respectable manner. I’m watching this on The Guardian with no talking heads, and I may continue to avoid MSM coverage as much as possible.

D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone said he was repeatedly tased as rioters chanted “kill him with his own gun,” and that doctors told him he suffered a heart attack during the riot, diagnosing him with a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

Slamming the table in a moment of rage, Fanone said “the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful,” declaring that the lawmakers who “continue to deny the events of that day” have “betrayed their oath of office.”

D.C. police officer Daniel Hodges, who was seen on video having his gas mask yanked off while wedged in a door, recalled how rioters, who he called “terrorists,” repeatedly tried to recruit him, with another saying, “you will die on your knees.”

Hodges rebutted GOP claims the rioters did not carry guns, telling the committee “multiple gun arrests” were made between Jan. 5 and 7, but adding “we will never know how many were carrying firearms” because of the limited arrests made at the Capitol.

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who is Black, said he faced a “torrent of racial epithets,” including roughly 20 rioters calling him a “f****** n*****,” an experience he said other Black officers shared as well.

But … but … Trump said they were totes peaceful & giving out “kisses and hugs”