New Videos Underscore The Violence Against Police At The Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
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Rioters clash with police as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The Justice Department has released a trove of videos, including police body-worn camera footage, allegedly showing assaults against police officers defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
The videos, made available after NPR and other media organizations filed a legal motion for their release, are further evidence of the violent nature of the Capitol riot and are cited as evidence in the assault cases against Thomas Webster and Scott Fairlamb.
Though the storming of the Capitol was widely covered across virtually all news media and live-streamed by many of the people there, several Republican lawmakers have sought to play down the violence that happened in an attack that left five people dead.
But despite the GOP rhetoric, the charges against defendants like Webster and Fairlamb are not an anomaly. Rather, they are part of a larger pattern of violence wrought that day, particularly against the largely outnumbered police officers who were there. Of the more than 500 people now charged in relation to the storming of the Capitol, at least 96 of them, or nearly 1 in 5, are accused of committing acts of violence, according to a database created and maintained by NPR of all the people charged in the riot.
According to court documents, Webster is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired New York City Police Department officer. He is facing seven charges for his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot and has pleaded not guilty on all counts.
Webster can allegedly be seen shoving the metal gate into the officer and lunging toward him, striking at him with the flagpole several times. Prosecutors say he then broke through the barricade, and charged the officer with clenched fists, knocking him to the ground. In an interview with the FBI detailed in court documents, the officer who was assaulted said that he was choked by his own chin strap and was unable to breathe during the time he was on the ground.
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Of the more than 500 people now charged in relation to the storming of the Capitol, at least 96 of them, or nearly 1 in 5, are accused of committing acts of violence, according to a database created and maintained by NPR of all the people charged in the riot.
Webster is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired New York City Police Department officer. He is facing seven charges for his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot and has pleaded not guilty on all counts. He is among at least 71 other rioters, or around 14% of all those charged, who appear to have military or law enforcement backgrounds, according to NPR's database .
In a 56 second video cited in Webster's case, prosecutors say Webster can be seen in a red, white and black jacket approaching a metal barricade. The officer's body-worn camera footage, which is also described in court documents , shows Webster allegedly bursting through the crowd, carrying a large flagpole with a U.S. Marine Corps flag attached to it. In the video, prosecutors say he can be heard yelling: "You f****** piece of s***. You f****** Commie motherf****** ... Come on, take your s*** off. Take your s*** off."
Later, Webster can allegedly be seen shoving the metal gate into the officer and lunging toward him, striking at him with the flagpole several times.
In one short video, Fairlamb allegedly appears underneath some scaffolding, where — in selfie mode — he shrieks into the camera and then yells "We ain't f***ing leaving either. We ain't f***ing leaving." In another short selfie video posted on Facebook, Fairlamb can allegedly be seen walking toward the Capitol building carrying a baton and saying "What [do] patriots do? We f***in' disarm 'em and then we storm the f***in' Capitol."
In the video, the man identified by prosecutors as Fairlamb walks alongside the officers and aggressively gets close to their faces, asking them if they're American. Fairlamb goes off-camera for a moment and when he reappears, another officer is walking past him. Fairlamb allegedly says "don't touch me," shoves the officer away, and then punches the officer in his face shield.
Fairlamb is facing 12 charges related to the insurrection. In April, a judge ruled that Fairlamb should remain detained until his trial.
Obviously you've not gotten the memo...... This is all fake news, and all those people you saw rioting at the capital..... they were BLM supporters!
I think you're right...this was just yet another fake news video perpetrated by Antifa loyalists trying to impose the so-called "Critical Race Theory" upon all of us-- to enslave us under an evil system of Socialism pushed by Pelosi and Biden!
Every night I can no longer sleep-- I'm kept awake worrying about the total horrors the CRT will have on me personally-- and all aspects of my entire live!
And all Americans.
No doubt about it-- it is the single most important threat that America faces today!
Of the 500+ domestic terrorists arrested for the Jan 6th insurrection in DC, how many were BLM or ANTIFA?
ZERO NADA ZIP ZILCH NONE. Deal with that righties!
Disgusting POS.