Capitol officer says fellow police were beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn said that pro-Trump rioters shouted racial slurs at him and beat other officers with Blue Lives Matter flags during the insurrection that left five people dead and led to the second impeachment of the former president.

Speaking to ABC News, Mr Dunn remembers telling another officer on 6 January: "I got called a [N-word] a couple dozen times today protecting this building. Is this America? They beat police officers with Blue Lives Matter flags. They fought us, they had Confederate flags in the US Capitol.”

The first time Mr Dunn stepped into the Capitol was also his first day on the job as a Capitol Police officer.

“The rotunda … you just look up and it just goes up forever, it's just an amazing architectural building. It's hard to not be in awe of it when you see it,” he said.