Shortly after establishing a viewing spot near a trumpotron the service tech assigned to the trailer box of audio/visual was accosted by a what looked like an ex-military boy gone bad. This mid-thirties toned man truly wanted to take on the world. Having no clue what his beef was with the operator or the others that came to the techs defense after a 15 minute bravado belch the guy slipped away into the crowd that by now was huge.
Minutes turned into hours of pushing and shoving sprinkled with dirty looks and threats. The crowd was hostile right from the start. Certainly not nearly as warm and inviting as the other Trump Rallies I attended before.
Speaker after speaker spoke....and the crowd was thrilled but there was indeed an undertone this not why many were there. They wanted the Capitol and frankly so did I
By the time POTUS took the podium I had seen 4 and a half hours of of humanity pass in front of my eyes the last two hours of which was slowing to the march of sardines towards their tin can. Most every tree in the area were full our feathered Trumpsters thought to be highly endangered.
Lucky for me a wayward female antifa and her bicycle were locked in this canned sea directly and pressingly in front of me. Turned out, by the fact she was extremely out of numbers she played very nice for the entire hour she was entrapped. I offered her 20.00 so she could may go out and buy a new helmet as the one she had would not afford her any protection if she did take a dump on her bike. She refused but graciously.
Finally the masses were moving as Trump finished his address. All in all....two people rushed to the ER. 5 people with panic attacks brought on by the cloistered nature of the crowd. Countless other hostile combovers and my giving of newly purchased cheap gloves to a young lady that forgot to check the forecast, I was on my way down to the river.
The long march to congress was paining on old leg muscles that were stood on with limited movement for the last 5 hours. Looking at the others making the trek i took comfort in seeing other eyes displaying the same distress. Half way along the path a word pass around that the police were authorized to us non-lethal means to stop the hoard. Odd for at that time I don't believe anyone had made it there.
As we made it to the reflecting pool the fist tear gas and flash bangs could be seen at the main stair case. It energized the marchers like nothing ever could. If you want someone to blame for the behaviour that was to transpire....yeah that kinda was a spark.
I made by way to the courtyard area behind the Capitol Bldg where at first myself and a handful had made it. Riot police formed there almost immediately and proceeded to use the porch access to swing around to the front steps. I tried rather forcefully to follow them as to of course document their progression as they seemed quite determined. I was asked to turn back and I did so begrudgingly.
Turning back I forwarded my attention to a crowd gathering at the main rear stair case. Police were on the veranda and for the most part though loud the situation was contained and the scattered police responding to the area were cordial and non-excited.
Throughout the next half hour pods of Patriots made there way into the capitol unobstructed and perhaps even invited. Some would come back out in full on tear gas induced convulsions. Other groups were allowed to return unscathed. Odd thing is whoever was gassing did so without regard to the fellow LEO's as they were coming out left and right in full distress.
I went to the House service entrance next that is when i heard the shot. A few minutes later a gurney with a yound lady being feverishly attended to was rushed by directly in front of me. Blood was gushing from neck even then. I remember looking up and seeing a marcher coming up to the Capitol Police that led the passing and shouting something fierce as to how the hell they could have shot her.
The crowd there became enraged. How the building did not go up in flames is beyond me. That was the difference to me. What could have gone down would have oh so much worse.
From there till the time i left i made rounds to near the press area and back to the courtyards that filled with other groups. It was surreal. As I was heading back to the service steps I was met on my way by none other than the famed Black Hebrew Israelites of the Covington KY fame. Around 20 of them, one by one passed by and as they were I looked one in the eyes and stated...that this will not be a good idea guys. To that he replied Look what you have done to our City. You cant make this stuff up.
I left as the FBI in full fatigues were assembling to overtake the building and secure it.
Folks these people would have done what they did without Trump in fact...the word Trump is no longer a surname. It is a movement.
You Freepers on here casting shame...I can not stress enough how very ignorant you are. Not only as to what transpired yesterday but your continuing flaws of listening to what others tell you to think. It is in my opinion "first blood" event for what i felt and saw yesterday...it was obvious our Government is no longer.
I am open to any questions and copy paste those links to pictures...maybe later tonight i will get them into comments.
https://ibb.co/HVsW3M6 https://ibb.co/f9ZvWjw https://ibb.co/QpJ1L1m https://ibb.co/DKGPKqF
On a side note i penned this while doing my normal tasks of the day so plenty of starts and stops...but I tried being as thorough and honest with the English language as I could.
Excellent report and glad you made it back.
So could you tell which ones were Antifa?
Only a few so don’t get carried away.
The VAST majority were completely supportive.
But I lost it when only maybe a dozen folks talked as if COVID was the end of the world here.
So I understand and am glad you posted this :)
Thank you for posting this.
One of my cousins is there and this is what she said. My cousin Connie Maxwell was there and says it was a set up and it was antifa.
“Just talked with a woman who entered the capital building. Said police let them in. They were there 2 min She said at another entrance is where the violence was. She and people I have talked with say Antifa was present and were a part of that violence. I’m not saying Trump supporters didn’t get involved but there was too much staging of pictures. Why didn’t the police officer draw his gun on those coming up the stairs. The police officer was at the top of the stairs waving his baton”
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Thanks for your report and perspective. I no longer care to read any of the opinions not supported by facts and data or any of the vanity bloviatons posted here, so your post is a welcome respite.
Thank you for taking the time to be there. Many with you in spirit.
Thanks too for writing and sharing a brief and engaging account.
I also very much appreciate your eyewitness report.
I did not see any burning police cars, burning businesses or burning churches. And no orders for police to stand down. A huge double standard even though Antifa was involved. I bet none of them got arrested.
Thank-you for the excellent report and glad you made it back.
Great...my best friend was there...she reports similar
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. Glad you oare safe.
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Yep saw the same..from multiple groups, folks are ready to revolt, no jobs, no future, no government for or by the people, wasn’t all antifa..good report, I was at the capital hill hilton..
Sarah Palin has a picture of a guy that led the violence in the capital...
She posted a picture of the same guy in the same outfit, leading an antifa protest 6 months ago.
Did the Democrats plan this?
“You Freepers on here casting shame..”
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Not me. Never did. You can check my history posts. Whether they storm it or not, as long as those deep state clowns piss their pants, Im good.
I love this. You were a witness to history. Can we ask you to write more on this? More about your own feeling. More detail in general? If I am being selfish please tell me.
thank you for posting this!
Take care. They be coming for you as they will not want the truth to get out.