US Capitol police officer recounts going to ‘hell and back’ as police testify on US Capitol riot
TRT World says four police officers have told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including “kill him with his own gun” and thought they might die as they struggled to defend the US Capitol on January 6 against a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.
Often tearful, sometimes profane, the officers called the rioters “terrorists” engaged in an “attempted coup”.
During a 3-1/2 hour congressional hearing on Tuesday, they also criticised Republican lawmakers who have sought to downplay the attack.
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