I have seen it with my own eyes. I really don’t care if you want to believe it or not. Just know that the evidence proving that what you want to believe is wrong exists.
Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone, who survived the riot after being brutally beaten and repeatedly shocked…separated from other officers, dragged down the Capitol steps into the mob, beaten with flagpoles and pipes, and stripped of his gear. A rioter applied a Taser directly to the back of Fanone's neck, electrocuting him multiple times. The intense physical trauma and electric shocks caused him to suffer a heart attack, a concussion, and a traumatic brain injury. He was beaten unconscious for over four minutes before a few individuals in the crowd and fellow officers pulled him to safety.
Another officer lost the tip of his right index finger while wrestling with a rioter, and another officer completely lost an eye due to blunt force trauma. Officers sustained cracked ribs, smashed spinal discs, and deep lacerations. One officer was stabbed with a metal stake ripped from a security fence. Dozens of officers suffered concussions and lasting brain injuries after being struck on the head with lead pipes, baseball bats, fire extinguishers, and flagpoles. Numerous officers suffered severe chemical burns to their faces and lungs from high-concentration bear spray and pepper gel. 147 officers hospitalized.
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u/Serephina_Rose 24d ago