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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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: capitol; hurts; officer; police
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who knew protecting the Capitol was not part of their duties?

They all should be fired for their political biases and constant lobbying.


41 posted on 12/19/2022 8:12:08 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Physically hurt ?

Ask the 1/6 er who had his eye socket busted by a , I suspect NOI, gulag guard what physical pain is .

What a disgrace to honourable l.e.o.’s.


42 posted on 12/19/2022 8:12:31 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’re gonna stretch this baby out forever.


43 posted on 12/19/2022 8:14:35 AM PST by upchuck (When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

how many interviews have they conducted with all the police that were assaulted during the BLM riots?


44 posted on 12/19/2022 8:15:15 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: ChicagoConservative27

boo hoo

sob


45 posted on 12/19/2022 8:16:15 AM PST by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The headline shows the problem: it doesn’t physically hurt this person to talk about it. Therefore, she is revealed to be a liar. Everyone can see it; nobody believes that she experiences physical pain from this. These people are in charge, and they face zero opposition.


46 posted on 12/19/2022 8:16:25 AM PST by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If the protestors were democrats and one was shot through the neck, the Capitol would have been destroyed, and with the approval of the Jan. 6 Committee.


47 posted on 12/19/2022 8:16:35 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My feeling is she really is just mentally weak and shouldnt have never been an officer to begin with. Im sure knows someone who knows someone who opened the door to this career.


48 posted on 12/19/2022 8:18:21 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: kristinn

That was pretty close to my initial assessment.


49 posted on 12/19/2022 8:22:07 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sorry that emotionally driven idiots acted out on Jan 6.
Their actions harmed many people physically for no benefit, and gave the Left a weapon to attack conservatives with. The Officer can thank Nancy Pelosi for deliberately preventing mobilization of adequate security, and leftists like the “tower commander” for transforming a protest into a riot. The injured officer should demand a real investgation into how this mess came to be, the government’s operatives and agents provocateur, the fake bombs, etc.


50 posted on 12/19/2022 8:23:15 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sorry, sweetie, you are a whimp.


51 posted on 12/19/2022 8:24:05 AM PST by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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To: Bob434
the only one that was ‘hurt beyond repair’ was Ashley!

Rosanne Boyland, and the two old duffers who got fragged by smoke grenades indiscriminately launched by the DC Gestapo, might beg to differ.
Four people were murdered that day by the DC Gestapo. All Trump/America supporters

52 posted on 12/19/2022 8:24:06 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: JBW1949

Traumatic brain injury??? What did she fall on her Fat Ass and hurt her brain.
Damn Drama Queen!!


53 posted on 12/19/2022 8:24:12 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She should ask Pelosi why Pelosi declined hundreds of National guardsmen to help protect these mall cops.


54 posted on 12/19/2022 8:27:28 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: lepton

Thanks. I dealt with officers from all over the government at our protests and demonstrations in D.C. for over a decade.


55 posted on 12/19/2022 8:27:31 AM PST by kristinn (Serving ten to life in paradise)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These people don’t strike me as very tough cops. Are Capitol Police positions some kind of political sinecure jobs?


56 posted on 12/19/2022 8:29:46 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: kristinn

Hi kristinn, nice to hear from you, and I could not be more in agreement.

All the years I was involved (probably around ten years or so) I never saw anything like that, never. Ever. I recall consideration for law enforcement, and we even policed the grounds when everything was over. I recall one of the Tea Party rallies down there where trash and signs were heaped next to the overflowing trash receptacles.

I have been of the opinion that this was caused by Antifa/FBI provocateurs, and with the revelation of the fake pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC and such, that conviction has only become stronger with time.


57 posted on 12/19/2022 8:37:08 AM PST by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She’s probably banking on some disability retirement due to her PTSD.


58 posted on 12/19/2022 8:39:39 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: ChicagoConservative27

female cops ... what a stupid concept ...


59 posted on 12/19/2022 8:40:48 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: NorthMountain

Yep. She was unarmed and shot by a police officer. He was given a medal for her murder. If any lesson is to be learned here, it’s don’t go do the job haphazardly.


60 posted on 12/19/2022 8:40:52 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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