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Capitol Police officer says it ‘physically hurts’ to talk about Jan. 6
The Hill ^ | 12/19/2022 | ZACH SCHONFELD

Posted on 12/19/2022 7:35:45 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards said in a new op-ed that it “physically hurts” to talk about the Capitol riot, adding that the House Jan. 6 select committee issuing its report this week represents “nothing final.”

Edwards, who was injured in the attack last year and testified publicly this summer before the House panel, said in The New York Times that it could take years for her and other officers to find peace after being traumatized during the rioting.

“Many Americans think that the saga of the Capitol riot will soon be at its end,” Edwards said in the op-ed.

“For two years, this country has endured an impeachment, lawsuits, criminal investigations, congressional hearings, televised theater,” she continued. “And this week, Congress will release its final report. But there is nothing final about this moment. A funeral doesn’t put an end to your grief. The trauma cannot be bookended by paperwork. These scars cannot be masked with fine print, debated in committee.”

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BLAH BLAH BLAH nice acting sweetheart.
1 posted on 12/19/2022 7:35:45 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Drama Queen.


2 posted on 12/19/2022 7:36:57 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pail Blart has a sad.


3 posted on 12/19/2022 7:38:39 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Because you are ashamed?

4 posted on 12/19/2022 7:38:47 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Guilt brings pain.


5 posted on 12/19/2022 7:38:52 AM PST by GingisK
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6 posted on 12/19/2022 7:38:57 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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“televised theater”......I agree with that one.


7 posted on 12/19/2022 7:39:15 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Little Eddie, point to the place on the doll where the bad Orange man hurt you....


8 posted on 12/19/2022 7:39:30 AM PST by PGR88
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9 posted on 12/19/2022 7:40:37 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Well she should see a Dentist


10 posted on 12/19/2022 7:40:46 AM PST by butlerweave
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She’s apparently not upset by the murder of Capitol Cop William Evens on April 2, 2021, by a black militant follower of the Nation of Islam.


11 posted on 12/19/2022 7:40:56 AM PST by euram
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He shouldn’t be working in the public & the real world.


12 posted on 12/19/2022 7:43:12 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was he coached on how to shed fake tears?


13 posted on 12/19/2022 7:43:31 AM PST by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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[[said in The New York Times that it could take years for her and other officers to find peace after being traumatized during the rioting.]]

BLM Antifa etc attacked cops relentlessly through several years- and even tried to burn them alive inside a building- yet we don’t hear about how it ‘physically hurts’ to talk about ANY of those 300 or so riots and the assaults that took place in a great many of those riots!

Grow a spine Caroline!- the only one that was ‘hurt beyond repair’ was Ashley! obviously you are not cut out to be an officer- Cops get attacked on a daily basis all across this nation- you don’t hear them playing it up in front of the cameras


14 posted on 12/19/2022 7:43:39 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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Well she should see a Dentist

Maybe she should learn to code.

15 posted on 12/19/2022 7:43:58 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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She needs to blame Biden, Podhorzer and the entire Rat party for stealing the election and taking the country to the brink of civil war.


16 posted on 12/19/2022 7:44:06 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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“...could take years for her and other officers to find peace after being traumatized during the rioting...”

Ain’t much of a cop, are ya, sweetheart????


17 posted on 12/19/2022 7:44:09 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: existentially_kuffer

Ops meant “she”.


18 posted on 12/19/2022 7:44:11 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I fart in her general direction.


19 posted on 12/19/2022 7:44:33 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Ashley Babbit was murdered.


20 posted on 12/19/2022 7:45:00 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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