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1 posted on 06/01/2021 3:20:30 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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1998: Gunman shoots two Capitol Police officers

An armed assailant stormed past a U.S. Capitol security checkpoint, killing Capitol Police officer Jacob J. Chestnut, Jr. and making his way toward the offices of the House Majority Whip, Tom DeLay. Detective John M. Gibson told others to take cover and exchanged fire with the assailant, Russell Eugene Weston, Jr., a 41-year-old man from Illinois. Though Gibson was killed in the exchange, his action enabled other officers to subdue the gunman. The slain officers were the first private citizens to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/united-states-capitol-building-turbulent-history-bombings-assassination-attempts-violence


2 posted on 06/01/2021 3:21:51 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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Unsure why this article from 1998 was posted here.


3 posted on 06/01/2021 4:54:32 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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Biden says he’s going to chastise Putin about civil rights in Russia, particularly about the dissident being held in jail. Putin says he’s going to take up the plight of the 1/6 Patriots who are political prisoners being held without bail on Trumped up charges and being beaten. Good for Putin at least he’s doing something that GOP pols and Trump doesn’t have the balls to protest their treatment,


6 posted on 06/01/2021 4:58:13 PM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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