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Erin Burnett OutFront

"Kill Him With His Own Gun": Officers Recount January 6 Horrors

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

News

3.9715 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Officers describe hand-to-hand combat on January 6: "Bashed me in the head,""screaming in agony,""foaming at the mouth." As officers recount January 6 violence, some Republicans refer to Trump supporters arrested in riot as "political prisoners". CDC: vaccinated people should mask up indoors in high-risk areas. Former Senator Barbara Boxer speaks out after assault in Oakland. Simone Biles withdraws from team event: "I have to focus on my mental health" To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Out front next, destroying the Trump narrative of four police officers who responded to the

0:37.0

January 6th insurrection take

0:38.7

down the lies about what happened on that day. Plus, CNN learning the Biden administration will

0:43.4

make vaccines mandatory for all federal employees. This is the CDC tells vaccinated Americans

0:49.4

to mask up indoors again. And former Senator Barbara Boxer attacked and robbed in broad daylight.

0:56.2

Senator Boxer is my guest tonight. Let's go out front. And good evening, I'm Erin Burnett. Outfront

1:03.0

tonight, speaking the truth. Four officers who risked their lives on January 6th, one by one,

1:09.3

detailing the physical, verbal, racist attacks they

1:12.8

encountered that day. Here's Officer Michael Phenone. I was trying to push guys off of me,

1:20.1

create some space. All the while, I recognized the fact that there were individuals that

1:26.4

were trying to grab a hold of my gun.

1:29.0

I remember one of them distinctly lunging at me time and time again trying to grab my gun.

1:35.6

And I heard people in the crowd yelling get his gun, kill him with his own gun.

1:41.4

And words to that effect.

1:43.3

I feel like I went to hell and back to protect

1:45.6

them and the people in this room. But too many are now telling me that hell doesn't exist

1:52.1

or that hell actually wasn't that bad. The indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful.

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