And then they go down and more officers step in and the officers that were knocked down, they're better again and they're just battling because the bottom line is, we're not letting anyone through." 'He was practically foaming at the mouth' "Just pulling officers back to heal up and (reinforcements) stepping in to get to the front line. They're getting sprayed, knocked down," said Laury, who added that reinforcements kept rotating in so others could rest during the hours-long battle. "They were getting hit with metal objects. She was lucky enough not to be struck with anything but saw others beaten with objects. SEE ALSO: Man seen carrying Confederate flag in Capitol arrested in Delaware And in those moments it's scary because you can't see anything and have people that are fighting to get through." You've got to spray and douse yourself with water. It's way worse than pepper spray," Laury added. "Unfortunately, it shuts you down for a while. They were spraying us with what we were calling, essentially, bear mace, because you use it on bears," she said. "The individuals were pushing officers, hitting officers. Laury, who was guarding the line to make sure there were no gaps for anyone to slip through, was hit with a much stronger type of pepper spray that's supposed to be used only on bears, she said. ET and saw the riotous groups gaining ground. Officer Christina Laury, a member of the Metropolitan Police Department's gun recovery unit, got to the Capitol at around 12:30 p.m. "It was difficult to offer any resistance when you're only about 30 guys going up against 15,000." The force that was coming from that side," he added. "And then it was just the sheer number of rioters. They had been striking us with those," said Fanone, who added that he wasn't going to be sitting at a desk while an insurrection was happening at the Capitol. They had pipes and different metal objects, batons, some of which I think they had taken from law enforcement personnel. "We were getting chemical irritants sprayed. "Certainly some things that we saw on the ground were some indication that there were some coordination going on, but I think as we get further into the investigation, a lot of that will be revealed," acting MPD Chief Robert Contee told reporters Thursday.įanone said the rioters had weapons, either of their own or taken from his fellow police. Investigators are now looking into the notion that here was some level of planning, with enough evidence to indicate that it was not just a protest that got out of control, law enforcement sources tell CNN. And it seemed to work," said the 40-year-old father of four.
And I just remember yelling out that I have kids. "So, the other option I thought of was to try to appeal to somebody's humanity. He thought about using his gun but knew that he didn't have enough fire power and he'd soon be overpowered again, except this time they would probably use his gun against him and they'd have all the reason to end his life. And in those few moments, Fanone considered using deadly force. He raced to the building with his partner and helped officers who were being pushed back by rioters.īut Fanone, who said he'd rather be shot than be pulled into a crowd where he had no control, was suddenly in his biggest nightmare as an officer. "People are going to be shocked by some of the egregious contact that happened in the Capitol," acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin said Tuesday in reference to attacks on police officers.įanone, a narcotics detective who works in plain clothes, heard the commotion at the Capitol and grabbed his still brand-new police uniform that had been hanging in his locker and put it on for the first time, he said. "Some guys started getting a hold of my gun and they were screaming out, 'Kill him with his own gun,'" said Fanone, who's been a police officer for almost two decades.įanone, one of three officers who spoke with CNN, described his experience fighting a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who'd invaded the Capitol in an insurrection unheard of in modern American history.įederal officials have said the details of the violence that come out will be disturbing.
Then, Fanone, who had just been Tasered several times in the back of the neck, heard something chilling that made him go into survival mode. They grabbed spare ammunition, ripped the police radio off his chest and even stole his badge. WASHINGTON - As DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone lay on the ground at the US Capitol building, stunned and injured, he knew a group of rioters were stripping him of his gear. Three officers described their experience fighting a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who'd invaded the Capitol in an insurrection unheard of in modern American history.
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