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VIDEO. "It looked like a medieval battle": a policeman auditioned on the attack on the Capitol in Washington

2021-07-27T18:34:52.730Z


The special commission to investigate the Jan.6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill by pro-Trump supporters opened today. The


A commission of the United States Congress began on Tuesday its investigation into the attack by supporters of Donald Trump on the Capitol on January 6. Leading the mission, Democrat Bennie Thompson opened the investigation with strong words: “We have evidence of a coordinated plan of attack, we know that the men and women who have gone for it. Assault on the Capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transition of power ”. "And although our institutions have resisted and if Joe Biden is the legitimately elected President of the United States, we have not had a peaceful transition of power this year," he added. Their intrusion had in fact suspended for a few hours the certification of the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election.

A police officer present on January 6 testified to the trauma of the attack: "The January 6 assault on the Capitol looked like a" medieval battle (...) I thought: that's how I'm going to die ". Before adding: "My fellow police officers and I were punched, kicked, pushed, sprayed with irritating chemicals and even blinded by lasers." "We fought hand to hand to defend the Capitol, inch by inch."

Source: leparis

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