Four Police Officers Detailed The Ugly Violence And Racism Of The Capitol Riot

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🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The officers — Pfc. Harry Dunn and Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the U.S. Capitol Police, and Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department — testified before a congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters. The officers each detailed brutal violence and abuse at the hand of protestors that left them with ongoing physical and mental injuries.

This episode: White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Aisha Roscoe. I cover the White House.
0:08.9	I'm Ryan Lucas. I cover the Justice Department.
0:10.8	And I'm Claudia Grisola. It's a cover congress.
0:13.1	It is 217 on Tuesday, July 27th. Today was the first hearing of the House Committee investigating
0:21.8	the attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. It really
0:27.4	centered on the testimony of four police officers who responded that day. At first, there
0:33.5	was Michael Fanon of DC's Metropolitan Police.
0:37.4	I was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country. I was at
0:44.0	risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm as I heard a chance of killing
0:50.3	with his own gun.
0:51.8	And we heard from Ocalino Ganel of U.S. Capitol Police.
0:56.1	I could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, this is how I'm going
1:02.8	to die, defending this entrance.
1:05.4	And Daniel Hodges of DC's Metropolitan Police?
1:08.8	It was for democracy. It was for the men and women of the House and Senate. It was for
1:14.2	each other. And it was for the future of the country.
1:17.0	And Harry Dunn of the U.S. Capitol Police.
1:20.8	He's bigger than any one person and any one party. You all tried to disrupt democracy
1:27.0	that day and you all failed.
1:29.4	This was really emotional testimony. And it was also striking because you have these
1:35.6	officers who were talking about the brutality that they faced on January 6th. And the anger
1:47.0	that was powerful, you could tell from them that their experience, they feel like it's
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