After more than an hour shooting tasers, throwing rubber-pellet grenades, shooting chunks of rubber baton, and tossing a smoke canister at protesters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a District of Columbia police officer concluded that the show of force did little but enrage the crowd. Nearly two hours of newly-released public body…
Use of Grenades, Projectiles, Tear Gas on Jan. 6 Only Enraged Crowd: DC Police Officer
Use of Grenades, Projectiles, Tear Gas on Jan. 6 Only Enraged Crowd: Police Officer
After more than an hour shooting tasers, throwing rubber-pellet grenades, shooting chunks of rubber baton, and tossing a smoke canister at protesters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a District of Columbia police officer concluded that the show of force did little but enrage the crowd. Nearly two hours of newly-released public body…
Defense Asks for Mistrial in Jan. 6 Case of Man Who Put Feet on Desk in Pelosi’s Office
As a federal jury in Washington D.C. began deliberating his fate on eight Jan. 6 criminal charges, defendant Richard “Bigo” Barnett filed a motion for a mistrial on Jan. 20, arguing that prosecutors charged him with obstructing a non-existent proceeding because Congress has no role under the law to “certify” results of a presidential election….
Man Who Put Feet on Desk in Pelosi’s Office on Jan. 6 Found Guilty on All Counts
A federal District of Columbia jury took less than two hours to find Richard “Bigo” Barnett guilty of four felonies and four misdemeanors for his time in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021—including the now-famous photograph with his feet on a desk in the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Jury deliberations resumed at 9…
EXCLUSIVE: Rosanne Boyland’s Would-Be Rescuer Pens Emotional Letter to Her Parents
One of the men who tried in vain to rescue a lifeless 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland on the Lower West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, told her parents in an emotional letter that he is haunted by what happened that day and pledged to keep her story alive until there is justice…
New Bodycam Footage Boosts Interest in Release of 14,000 Hours of Jan. 6 Video by GOP-Controlled US House
Dramatic bodycam footage showing protesters doing CPR on the lifeless body of Jan. 6 protester Rosanne Boyland has increased interest in the U.S. House authorizing the release of more than 14,000 hours of security video footage still being kept from the public two years after the 2021 incident. A video posted on Twitter by columnist…
New Bodycam Footage Boosts Interest in Release of 14,000 Hours of Jan. 6 Video
Dramatic bodycam footage showing protesters doing CPR on the lifeless body of Jan. 6 protester Rosanne Boyland has increased interest in the U.S. House authorizing the release of more than 14,000 hours of security video footage still being kept from the public two years after the 2021 incident. A video posted on Twitter by columnist…
Senator Wants ‘Full Accounting’ of ‘Highly Concerning’ Capitol Police Failures, Delayed Jan. 6 Evacuations
Congress owes the American people “a full accounting” of the critical delay in evacuating lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said. Reacting to an investigation by The Epoch Times that showed a Capitol Police lieutenant was never answered when he repeatedly asked the No. 2 commander for authorization…
Ex-Capitol Police Chief Acknowledges Jan. 6 Command Failures, Decries Delays, National Guard Red Tape
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund’s new book-length reflection on Jan. 6 addresses the command failures that happened during the protests and rioting while decrying the bureaucratic red tape that kept the National Guard from reaching the Capitol until the trouble was largely over. Sund, 57, who was forced to resign almost immediately after…
Texas Man Who Livestreamed Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Receives Jail Sentence
A man who filmed himself entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Jan. 10 to two months in prison. Anthime Gionet, known as Baked Alaska, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, during a hearing in Washington. Gionet, 35, could have been sentenced to up to six months…
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