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Congressional Capitol Riot Hearing Opens With Emotional Accounts From Police

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The the Jan. 6 House Select Committee held its first hearings Tuesday, opening with emotional testimony from Capitol police who recounted being beaten, having racial slurs thrown at them and believing they might die.Officer Michael Fanone, who has been making regular media appearances since the deadly Capitol riot in an effort to bring attention to what happened that day, said, "At one point I came face to face with an attacker who repeatedly lunged for me and attempted to remove my firearm.

I heard chanting from some in the crowd: 'Get his gun and kill him with his own gun.' I was aware enough to recognize I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm.

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