Tuesday, July 27th - 9:00 a.m.
I followed my usual morning routine today....got up about 6:30, walked Fenway, brewed some coffee and watched GMA for awhile. I was about to turn off the TV when the hearings called to examine what happened in DC on January 6th began. There were opening statements and then a video.
Watching that video....some "familiar" footage but much that I'd never seen before was a real blow to my heart. The sound was "improved" so you could hear what the police and rioters were screaming. You could read captions highlighting the calls from on-site police to headquarters asking for help and declaring "This is a riot!" I watched, again, as insurgents used their flags or poles to smash windows and rage into the Capitol complex (while trying to carefully stay between the ropes for their peaceful "tour"). Listening to the first witnesses was just crushing..... four police officers who had been overwhelmed by an armed mob determined to get inside the building.
Anyone who says "oh this wasn't really a big deal", or "let's just move on" needs to sit in a chair and watch every second of what I watched this morning. How dare they suggest that our democracy was not at risk when these angry protestors tried to interrupt America's historic peaceful transition of power from one administration to another.
It's 9:30 and I am still listening to words like "brutal fighting", "violent attackers", "armed insurgents" "swarmed by a mob" "stripped off my badge" "get his gun" "kill him with his own gun" "I was electrocuted again, and again, and again with a taser" . These are words I never expected to hear in order to describe an event in the House of Representatives and Senate Chambers.
Never forget January 6th......follow the facts.....prosecute those who participated....do whatever it takes to insure that this can never happen to America again.
And I still hope they never repair the one window in the Capitol's door - that should remain as a visible reminder that our democracy is not infallible.
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