"Striking the head with a baton is generally categorized as a potentially lethal use of force. In the use-of-force continuum, lethal force is the highest level. Strikes to the skull with a baton are lethal." (J6, 1 min video, Grok's response)

x.com ^ | May 22, 2026 | Guy Reffitt @GuyReffittJ6

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ransomnote: Full video at link

Guy Reffitt

@GuyReffittJ6

Striking the head with a baton is generally categorized as a potentially lethal use of force. In the use-of-force continuum, lethal force is the highest level.

Strikes to the skull with a baton are lethal.

May 22, 2026

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Grok's analysis:

• The X post by Guy Reffitt (@GuyReffittJ6) shares security footage from a crowded January 6 Capitol tunnel showing riot-geared officers striking and pushing civilians with batons amid a dense confrontation
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• Reffitt, a pardoned Three Percenter convicted as the first J6 trial defendant, captions the video to argue that head strikes with batons qualify as potentially lethal force per standard use-of-force guidelines.
  
  
• Thread replies identify one man struck as David Mehaffie (who received 14 months prison time) and reference other J6 deaths like Roseanne Boyland, using the clip to challenge narratives of one-sided police victimhood.

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I am stunned to see the effort put into beating an unarmed protester, even after I posted another video of them beating an unconscious protester.

• 🚨 SHOCKING FOOTAGE SHOWS CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER LILA MORRIS BEAT AN UNCONSCIOUS ROSANNE BOYLAND TO DEATH ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021 🚨

  5/21/2026, 4:01:27 PM · by ransomnote · 33 replies

  x.com ^ | May 21, 2026 | Jack Danger @JackDangerLIVE

   

Throughout the 1 minute + video I just posted, they keep hitting him with batons although he is pinned in a crowd and not fighting. I meant to record a few seconds of it and ended up staring at the video in disbelief instead.

I recall a whistleblower claiming that Pelosi and her people wanted blood - a much worse scenario with which to portray Republicans as terrifying insurrectionists. In the video, they certainly seemed to want blood.

[BradyLS]

Is there way to post videos so they don’t play automatically? So you have to click on them if the reader wants them to play?

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

On the flip side, baton strikes to the cranium of many democRATS might actually increase their cognition, if they had any to begin with.

[GSWarrior]

What about a plate of hot mashed potatoes dumped on someone’s head?

[Big Red Badger]

Seemed To Want Blood ?
These Pelosi PoPo have ‘Blood’ on there Hands!!!
Unbelievable and Let’s hear about
Ashli Babbitt?
Stop The Steal.Gets you thumped by PelosiPopo...
This ticks me Off.
DemonRats were saying ‘the Inserection’ was Worse than the Civil War!
Rat Libtard Brown Shirt Basturds!

[sasquatch]

Too bad Ashli Babbit couldn’t fight back.

[Big Red Badger]

Would You prefer a Red Hot Dog?

[Leaning Right]

A baton makes an excellent lever, and an excellent prodding weapon (using both hands).

But I’m thinking that if you must save yourself by striking someone in the head with it, you just might be in using-your-pistol territory instead.

[Big Red Badger]

Video
Hot Potatos
Yall try STUPID CAT VIDEOS?
SMDH

[bunkerhill7]

Skulls are softer today than 100 yearn’ ago.

[Ransomed]

They used to call it a wood shampoo.

FReegards

[CFW]

Here is the story of one J6 defendant. Her story shows how evil the Biden DOJ really was. It’s a long post but read it if you can. They are still fighting with the IRS after a sudden audit (their first ever). The DOJ destroyed their lives. For fun and because they could.

https://x.com/jessica_reyher/status/2058299844582572463

Let me start by saying my husband, Arthur, and I were never big Trump supporters. We in fact we voted for Jo Jorgensen in the 2020 election. My husband has always been very liberty minded and disenchanted with the state of politics and policing in this country. He has believed for decades the system is rigged. After watching the blatant rigging of the 2020 election, we felt compelled to go to DC to show our support for a REAL investigation into our rigged elections.

January 5, 2021
We went to Washington, D.C., for what we believed would be a weekend of protests and sightseeing as I had never been to D.C. before. We walked around the city, taking in the monuments and atmosphere on Jan 5th. We had no idea what the next day would bring.

January 6, 2021
We got to the Ellipse late and only caught the end of President Trump’s speech. The crowd was massive, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people. We stood in front of the Washington Monument. When he finished speaking we stood there and waited to see if we could watch Trumps entourage make their way to the Capitol, as Trump said he would. After a short while we realized it was unlikely he was going to actually walk with the crowd, so we made our way towards the Capitol. We stopped about half way there and observed from a catwalk the enormity of the crowd as it passed. After a few minutes we rejoined the crowd and made our way to the Capitol. Upon arrival there was no fencing stopping us from walking onto the Capitol ground. The crowd had encircled the entire building. As we were coming up to the back of the building, the crowd was peacefully chanting, waiving flags and praying.

The police had mad a makeshift barrier with bicycle racks. Almost immediately, after our arrival, the police began to attack the crowd via tear gas, pepper balls, flash bangs, and rubber bullets. The crowd then became highly agitated and many started pushing through the make shift barrier. My husband immediately recognized what this was and started yelling at people that this was a setup, remain peaceful, think about the cameras. He made his way to an area between the officers and the people that were throwing things at the officers. He pleaded with the crowd to stop, no violence. The police then retreated inside the building and the crowd began making its way up the inauguration stage. Once on the inauguration stage, the crowd became peaceful again, chanting, praying, letting their voices be heard. We entered the tunnel and the doors were still intact. So we just chanted and stood around. Eventually we left the tunnel to observe the MASSIVE crowd that was forming around the Capitol. When we saw more activity around the tunnel we made our way back to see what was going on.

[snip]

January 20, 2021
Roughly a week or two after January 6, the FBI came to our home. They were only interested in if we had made it inside the building, which we did not, though we tried like hell. He told them that it they wanted to ask anymore questions, we would need our lawyer or if at any time they decided to bring charges against us, to please call as we have kids and dogs, and we would turn ourselves in. This led us to many sleepless nights worrying if tonight would be the night they’d kick in our door and raid us. We watched in horror as story after story that this occurred.

March 2023
On this devastating Monday (March 12, 2023), we both received a phone call and learned the Department of Justice was bringing charges against us. We were instructed to turn ourselves in on Wednesday. We surrendered to the FBI on March 15, 2023. We were handcuffed, fingerprinted, I was stripped for photographs of my tattoos, and shackled like dangerous criminals. We spent the entire day in a cold processing holding cell and were forced to shuffle in a three point restraint, as they paraded us through the Indianapolis Federal courthouses. We were more fortunate than others, as the judged released on pretrial probation. From that day forward, our lives became a nightmare of government control and public hatred:

[Leaning Right]

> They used to call it a wood shampoo. <

Yes, and it was very effective against uncooperative folks. It really got their attention. In my younger years I worked security for a major university. On a few occasions the city police would assist. Those guys were very creative with their batons.

Now a wood shampoo will get a cop fired. And the perp will win a big lawsuit.
💰

Cellphones videos made all the difference. As Bob Dylan said, the times they are a-changin’.

[Celtic Conservative]

I remember from my use of force continuum that all blows to the head are considered lethal force. Those officers are well outside of policy.

CC

[Celtic Conservative]

Hickory shampoo.

CC

[Rowdyone]

As a USAF Security Policeman from 68-72 I received multiple sessions of riot control training. Baton strikes to the head were forbidden but strikes to the collar bone were permissible if the riot escalated. Sometimes it’s hard to miss the collarbone and skull strikes occur. It was also common to have your baton drilled out and lead inserted. I refrained from that practice having broken an airman’s shin bone while breaking up a bar fight and realizing the baton, as issued, was sufficient if used correctly.

[combat_boots]

Lila Morris beat Roseanne to death and got promoted.