spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
I saw an ABC news clip on my evening news. It was a compliation of officiers speaking about their experiences.
I was trying to find the clip, but best I got was an article.
I do remember this from the news clip.
(featured clip at the beginning is not what was on the telly.)
I was trying to find the clip, but best I got was an article.
I do remember this from the news clip.
Officer Michael Fanone, 40, who is part of the crime suppression team in the 1st District, said he and his partner joined the front lines after relieving some of the fatigued and injured officers, even though he said none of them volunteered to leave. He recalled being tased "half a dozen times" and rioters grabbing gear off his vest, ripping away his badge, taking his ammunition magazines and trying to get a hold of his gun.
"I remember guys chanting, like, 'Kill him with his own gun,'" Fanone, who previously served for the U.S. Capitol Police, told WJLA. "I remember trying to retain it, and the thought did cross my mind like: OK, people are trying to kill you and I think this has crossed the threshold of you, you know, defending yourself. I thought about killing people."
DC police officers speak out after US Capitol siege: 'I thought ... I might die'
Robert Contee, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, let three of his officers who were on the front lines speak to ABC affiliate WJLA.
abcnews.go.com
(featured clip at the beginning is not what was on the telly.)