Posted on 06/06/2023 8:40:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Adoor on the West side of the U.S. Capitol was left open and mostly unguarded for key moments during the Jan. 6 riot, allowing more than 300 people to enter the building unimpeded even as officers fought valiantly to keep protesters out of other sections of the official home of Congress, according to police security footage obtained by Just the News.
The footage -- which confirms concerns first raised by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., two years ago -- shows an episode in a narrow hallway in the middle of the Capitol that began around 2:30p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021 right after the first breaches were reported elsewhere in the landmark building.
Capitol Police officers usher a few intruders already inside the building through the non-public Upper West Terrace hallway and toward a fire evacuation door, which is clearly marked by a sign declaring it was an emergency exit, the footage shows.
"Emergency exit only," the sign reads, instructing evacuees to "push until alarm sounds" and the "doors will unlock in 10 seconds." After one person exits, the doors appear to open from inside as 309 individuals pass through it over a period of less than 20 minutes from the outside.
Capitol Police officers, who didn't have riot gear or helmets, eventually made their way to the unlocked Upper West Terrace doors but did not block the entrance and more rioters continued to flow into the building, according to the footage reviewed by Just the News and released for publication by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the GOP-led House Administration Committee.
Video footage of other locations of the Capitol that day show officers attempting to physically block entrances to stop rioters from coming into the building, with rioters at some times striking the officers or spraying them with pepper spray.
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Truth and justice don’t matter. The plea deals are done and were to protect the finances of families. All the Deep State wants is the convictions to prove to themselves that they are right to destroy those who oppose them.
Why is it so many years later that things i recall seeing and reading about this event are coming again to light as if for the first time?
we knew that at the time...
They are trying to distract us from the FJB bribery scandal.
They are going to indict Hunter at long last, but not for being a Chinese agent.
They are going to indict him for lying on ATF Form 4473 and pretend like they’ve done their job.
There were no rioters, only citizens some of whom were trying to escape from the capital police/FBI types who were shooting at them.
I would bet that NO ONE on OUR side Pepper Sprayed an officer.
News???
We WATCHED the police open doors for people AS IT HAPPENED.
This whole thing is ‘reality tv’ now. It’s obvious that actual justice will never be served. But they want to keep on presenting drama for the unwashed masses..
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