Black Capitol Officers Share How They Fought off Domestic Terrorists
The department’s most vulnerable received no warning from managers
Imagine being unexpectedly thrust in front of a white supremacist mob storming the U.S. Capitol. Your only heads up? An Instagram post sent to you by a friend.
It’s exactly what a Black U.S. Capitol veteran experienced last Wednesday, as rioters attacked the Capitol building in a violent rage.
In an interview with Buzzfeed News, two Black officers shared their experience at the Capitol attack, where the N-word and racial epithets were thrown their way as they tried to protect the democracy. They even described coming face to face with police officers on the other side of the battle.
From Buzzfeed News:
“I got called a nigger 15 times today,” the veteran officer shouted in the Rotunda to no one in particular. “Trump did this and we got all of these fucking people in our department that voted for him. How the fuck can you support him?”
Read the entire account on Buzzfeed below.
