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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Eugene Goodman served in the Army and was deployed with the 1001st Airborne

Division in Iraq. His awards include a combat infantryman badge, which indicates that he was in

ground combat. On January 6th, he found himself in ground combat once again. The Washington Post describes a video

clip that captured not only the terror of the day, but the values at stake, a lone black police

officer in the marble halls of the U.S. Capitol building, facing down a mob of mostly white rioters

who had stormed in bearing Confederate flags,

weapons, and vows to reclaim a lost election. Goodman worked to hold back dozens of rioters.

Twice he retreated up a flight of stairs to lure them away from the Senate chambers.

The Post interviewed an expert who

stated that Goodman's actions helped to avoid a tremendous tragedy. After the video of his

actions went viral, Officer Goodman told co-workers, my job is to protect and serve, and on that day,

I was protecting.

In the continuation of a tragedy I never thought I would witness in America, an FBI bulletin

mourns, armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitals from 16 January through

at least 20 January, and at the U.S.

Capitol from 17 January through 20 January.

FBI officials are asking police chiefs in major U.S. cities to be on high alert.

In response to such threats, President Trump declared a state of emergency in the

District of Columbia and ordered federal assistance to supplement local response efforts.

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