![]() ![]() ![]() They wore patches or gaiters with Confederate flags, Punisher skulls and other extremist symbols.Īs they arrived on the scene, murmurs of “the Proud Boys are here” went through the crowd, and people moved to make a clearing. Body armor bulged from under hoodies and jackets. ![]() They were overwhelmingly male and almost exclusively White. They stood out from the rest of the MAGA crowd, dozens moving in semi-organized formation - loose columns of five across - as if they were militiamen. Outside the Capitol around 11:30 a.m., a conspicuously large contingent of Trump supporters arrived with a rowdy swagger: the Proud Boys, a far-right group that engages in political violence. And at 11:26 a.m., the Capitol Police investigated a tweet that said a militia was being formed on Capitol Hill. At 11:11 a.m., police found a vehicle near L’Enfant Plaza with a rifle and scope in plain view. At 10:58 a.m., police recovered two firearms from an unattended vehicle north of the Mall. One hundred sixteen minutes in, a fourth police officer was crushed in a doorway and beaten with his own baton.Īs the noontime festivities drew near, there were more red flags. One hundred two minutes in, rioters stormed the Senate chamber, stealing papers and posing for photographs around the dais. Ninety-four minutes in, a rioter was shot and killed. Ninety-three minutes in, another news photographer was surrounded, pushed down and robbed of a camera. Eighty-three minutes in, rioters broke into and began looting the House speaker’s office. Seventy-eight minutes in, yet another police officer was assaulted with a flagpole. Seventy-three minutes in, another police officer was sprayed in the face with chemicals. Sixty-four minutes in, a rioter paraded a Confederate battle flag through the Capitol. Within the first hour, two rioters died as a result of cardiac events. Fifty-two minutes in, a police officer was kicked in the chest and surrounded by a mob. Twenty-five minutes into Trump’s silence, a news photographer was dragged down a flight of stairs and thrown over a wall. During the 187 minutes that Trump stood by, harrowing scenes of violence played out in and around the Capitol. ![]()
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