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Related: About this forumInside the U.S. Capitol at the height of the siege (WP)
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At 2:12 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Trump began climbing through a window they had smashed on the northwest side of the U.S. Capitol. Go! Go! Go! someone shouted as the rioters, some in military gear, streamed in. It was the start of the most serious attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. The mob coursed through the building, enraged that Congress was preparing to make Trumps electoral defeat official. Drag them out! Hang them out! rioters yelled at one point, as they gathered near the House chamber.
Officials in the House and Senate secured the doors of their respective chambers, but lawmakers were soon forced to retreat to undisclosed locations. Five people died on the grounds that day, including a Capitol police officer. In all, more than 50 officers were injured.
To reconstruct the pandemonium inside the Capitol, The Washington Post examined text messages, photos and hundreds of videos, some of which were exclusively obtained. By synchronizing the footage and locating some of the camera angles within a digital 3-D model of the building, The Post was able to map the rioters movements and assess how close they came to lawmakers in some cases feet apart or separated only by a handful of vastly outnumbered police officers.
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Inside the U.S. Capitol at the height of the siege (WP) (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jan 2021
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czarjak
(11,278 posts)1. "Why stop us at this point"? Had to ask?
Old Crow
(2,212 posts)2. Excellent video; thanks. (N/T)
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)3. Thanks for posting...K and R...Outstanding footage of the riot....
progree
(10,908 posts)4. It shows how important those Capitol Police that did their job were, by giving them a few
additional much-needed minutes.