Posted on Jul 28, 2021
DC police officer says Capitol rioters tried to recruit him because he was white
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Members of the mob that stormed the Capitol on 6 January tried to recruit a Washington police officer to join them in their “white nationalist insurrection” because he was white, according to testimony heard during the first day of the 6 January committee in Congress.
Washington DC Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges told the panel that members of the mob, which included white supremacists and far-right groups, asked if he was one of their “brothers” and whether he would join them.
"Some of them would try to, try to recruit me," he told the committee, after one member asked why the officer referred to the events of the day as a “white nationalist insurrection.” "One of them came up to me and said, ‘Are you my brother?’"
Washington DC Metropolitan Police officer Daniel Hodges told the panel that members of the mob, which included white supremacists and far-right groups, asked if he was one of their “brothers” and whether he would join them.
"Some of them would try to, try to recruit me," he told the committee, after one member asked why the officer referred to the events of the day as a “white nationalist insurrection.” "One of them came up to me and said, ‘Are you my brother?’"
DC police officer says Capitol rioters tried to recruit him because he was white
Posted from independent.co.uk
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is it supposed to shock me that groups like Oath keepers, Proud Boys and a dozen others are racist. I am shocked that so many others are just discovering the obvious.
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SSG Edward Tilton
I have watched OathKeepers for decades. The only thing I am surprised by is the consistancy of their failures
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SSG Edward Tilton
SSgt Richard Kensinger - Are you telling me that January 6th was a success?
They got to the door and the fumbled around not knowing what to do next
They got to the door and the fumbled around not knowing what to do next
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
SSG Edward Tilton - Not at all yet it shows how dangerous they can be and is another clear indicator of our Second Civil War. Almost 600 of them are indicted. They continue to pose great danger to US.
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https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/ [login to see] 6996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html
Video: Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol
A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why.
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