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apart from Viking Man, the following video is what is being shown worldwide at every opportunity/mention of the 6 Jan/Capitol saga. I haven’t yet checked out Jon Farina, but he’s good at keeping a steady hand & not showing FACES, while chaos reigns all around him.

VIDEO: 2m59s: 9 Jan: Yahoo Sports: Police Officer Crushed in Door as Trump Loyalists Storm US Capitol
Credit: StatusCoup via Storyful
Journalist Jon Farina captured video as crowds packed into a narrow doorway and corridor, where they faced off against police wearing helmets and holding shields. People in the crowd could be heard chanting “let us in,” “USA,” and directing violent threats toward police.
People are seen grabbing the shields and batons from police, yanking at police officers’ gas masks, and pushing against the police line before gas is released in an attempt to disperse them. One officer, bleeding from his mouth, is seen yelling in distress as he is crushed in a doorway.
Trump supporters eventually filled the interior of the Capitol complex...
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/police-officer-crushed-door-trump-191032334.html

the only “suspect” I’ve heard about re the above:

Tweet: DC Police Dept
You’ve seen images of Ofc Hodges crushed in the doorway during the insurrection at the US Capitol. Now we need your help finding the suspect who used a police shield to pin him against the door jam. Have info? Call the FBI’s Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)
@FBIWFO
PICS 15 Jan 2020
https://twitter.com/DCPoliceDept/status/1350239956460036096

person appears to have shield on right arm; then people around him put another shield above his head; person seems to be signaling.

Video
https://twitter.com/J_PaulJones/status/1350265312030154753

some can’t tell if it’s a man or a woman:

Video - Male speaks, doesn’t answer where is he from?
https://twitter.com/J_PaulJones/status/1350483687008333824

Still
https://twitter.com/J_PaulJones/status/1350265399951171591

Photo
https://twitter.com/evenbev/status/1350220051970981889

hardly serious questions:
9 Jan: Madison.com: Disturbing video shows officer crushed against door by mob storming the Capitol
By Kelsie Smith and Travis Caldwell, CNN
CNN spoke with the individual who shot the video, Jon Farina, who noted the clash between police and rioters was constant.
“There was no talking to them,” Farina said of the rioters. “They were going to get in there regardless of what was in their way.”
“Nothing really fazed them,” Farina said. “They just kept rotating in and out. They would say ‘We need fresh patriots.’”
Farina said police eventually repelled rioters from that location.
https://madison.com/video/cnn/news/disturbing-video-shows-officer-crushed-against-door-by-mob-storming-the-capitol/article_35701770-92da-513c-9eb3-d73eedac7646.html

timeline:

at 3m45 belows: around ***3pm, one video showed an officer stuck in a doorway, while rioters tried to break through.

16 Jan: ABC: Police release photos of suspect who ‘assaulted’ Capitol officer Daniel Hodges while he was crushed in doorway
He “used a clear police shield to pin MPD Officer Daniel Hodges in a door jam.”
By Rosa Sanchez
https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-release-photos-suspect-assaulted-capitol-officer-daniel/story?id=75292063

location: western side:

15 Jan updated 17 Jan: NYT: Videos Show How Rioter Was Trampled in Stampede at Capitol
Rosanne Boyland died after losing consciousness in the crush of a pro-Trump mob as it surged against the police. Here’s how it happened.
PIC: Rosanne Boyland was crushed amid this mob as it tried to push past the police and breach an entrance on the west side of the Capitol during the storming of the building on Jan. 6.
By Evan Hill, Arielle Ray and Dahlia Kozlowsky; Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs contributed reporting. Christina Kelso contributed production.
Here is how the fatal rush unfolded.
Around 2:30 p.m., rioters on the ***west side of the Capitol forced their way through lines of Metropolitan Police officers and swarmed to a second-level promenade. There, they headed toward a door and tunnel traditionally used by presidents when they emerge for their inauguration, hoping to breach the Capitol.
As soon as the crowd entered the tunnel, they were met by a line of riot police. Even as they began to push, a rioter could be heard on video warning: “Stop pushing, somebody’s going to get hurt.”

Within half an hour, the hallway became packed with rioters. Around 2:50 p.m., an independent photojournalist, Jon Farina, entered and began filming...

The mob, which can be seen massed together in a dangerous crush, attacked officers and attempted to use the weight of their combined bodies to push the officers back, trapping many people in the process. Both sides filled the air with chemical irritant sprays they fired back and forth.
The battle inside continued for another hour, as new arrivals eagerly joined the line of rioters filing into the packed hallway to replace those who were injured or tired.
Visible among these new arrivals is Ms. Boyland, identifiable in a YouTube video wearing her American flag sunglasses, packed amid the crowd surging toward the door...

For the next seven minutes, he can be seen pulling people away, appearing to search for Ms. Boyland as rioters continue to tumble out of the door. There is a lull in the fighting, and the crowd chants “I can’t breathe!” — a rallying cry of Black Lives Matter protests...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/rosanne-boyland-capitol-riot-death.html