‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’: A Capitol Police Officer Recounts Jan. 6

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🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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When Officer Harry Dunn reporter for work at the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6, he expected a day of relatively normal protests. But the situation soon turned dangerous. Today, we talk with Officer Dunn about his experience fending off rioters during the storming of the Capitol.

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0:26.0	You call me Harry.
0:30.0	Hi Harry.
0:31.0	Officer Dunn, good evening.
0:33.0	How are you?
0:34.0	Good, how are you?
0:35.0	Good.
0:36.0	We just got constructed to call Officer Dunn Harry, so not going to happen.
0:44.0	Well, call a you mic, though.
0:47.0	You can call me Mike, but I refuse to call a member of the United States Capitol Police.
0:54.0	Anything other than Officer?
0:56.0	Fair enough that you insist.
1:04.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
1:06.9	This is a daily.
1:09.0	In recent weeks, congressional hearings into the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol
1:14.8	have exposed major failures in the preparation and conduct of the United States Capitol
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