U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards was knocked out in an early conflict. After regaining consciousness, she returned to serve on the skirmish line alongside Officer Sicknick, whom she saw turning pale after being pepper sprayed.
U.S. Capitol Police Captain Carneysha Mendoza described officers “receiv[ing] a lot of gas exposure” and “being knocked to the ground and hit with various objects that were thrown by rioters.” She said, “Of the multitude of events I’ve worked in my nearly 19-year career on the department, this was by far the worst of the worst.”
And Washington, D.C.,
Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges was attacked as he and his unit approached the Capitol on foot. He recovered to help defend the Capitol, where he said one rioter “latched onto my face and got his thumb in my right eye, attempting to gouge it out” then another “grabbed the front of my gas mask and used it to beat my head against [a] door.”
Respecting and honoring the heroes of January 6th
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aqulino Gonell said. “Those of us in uniform were assaulted and beaten by a mob [spurred] by Trump’s lie that the 2020 election, it was stolen.”
“That day officers were beaten and brutalized. Trump never reached out to us,” said
D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges
Police officers injured during Capitol attack denounce Trump as anti-police
Michael Fanone began his career as a police officer after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
It all but ended after the attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021 — a day
he was beaten, tortured, suffered a heart attack and was left with a concussion at the hands of rioters who hoped to prevent the orderly transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to the new president-elect, Joe Biden.
Police officer who survived Jan. 6 has a warning for the country • Wisconsin Examiner
Capitol police union slams 'dysfunction' at riot hearing as cops suffer crushed spinal discs, brain injuries
Capitol police union slams 'dysfunction' at riot hearing as cops suffer crushed spinal discs, brain injuries
lol ... you're welcome for the reality check.