Today House Impeachment managers revealed the extent of both physical injuries and other abuse police officers received on January 6th at the hand of the mob that stormed Capitol Hill.
Rep. David Cicilline detailed injuries suffered by 146 police officers, some that “will be with them for the rest of their lives.” He said injuries included concussions, irritated lungs, serious injuries caused by repeated blows from bats, poles, and clubs. One officer even lost the tip of his finger. Others suffered brain injuries, cracked ribs, and smashed spinal discs. One officer is going to lose an eye and another was stabbed with a metal fence stake. Cicilline said:
The former police chief said it was violent, unlike anything he’s seen in his 30-year career in law enforcement. D.C. police chief Robert J. Conte III, he had spoken with an officer who had been beaten with a stun gun said quote, I have talked to officers who have done two tours in Iraq and who said this was scarier to them than their time in combat. end quote. The physical violence is not the only thing that will have a lasting effect on our brave sworn officers. trump’s mob verbally denigrated their patriotism, questioned their loyalty and yelled racial slurs, and called them traitors, nazis, un-American for protecting us.
WATCH: House impeachment manager Cicilline presents video of rioters attacking law enforcement on Jan. 6.
“They called law enforcement officers traitors. You have to wonder who are these rioters sworn to? To whom do they believe the police owe their loyalty?” pic.twitter.com/pxBeKVknfU
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They also cited verbal abuse.
Rep. Raskin recounts the experience of a Black Capitol Police officer on Jan. 6:
"Afterwards, overwhelmed by emotion, he broke down in the Rotunda and he cried for fifteen minutes. And he shouted out, 'I got called an N-word 15 times today.'" pic.twitter.com/f0kWk9PPVi
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From the people who brought you Blue Lives Matter pic.twitter.com/DWEvYsKo9U
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2021
Watch more of the presentation above from PBS.