THEY TORTURED ME.
THEY BEAT ME.
I WAS STRUCK WITH A
TASER DEVICE AT THE
BASE OF MY SKULL
NUMEROUS TIMES.”
—Officer Michael Fanone,
D.C. Metropolitan PolicePolice officer Michael
Fanone struggles against
Trump supporters after
they dragged him down the
steps of the U.S. Capitol. At
a rally earlier that day, then
President Donald Trump
falsely claimed that he’d
won the 2020 presidential
election “in a landslide”
and urged supporters to go
to the Capitol, where the
House of Representatives
was certifying the election
results. “You’ll never take
back our country with
weakness,” Trump said. Five
people died as a result of
the attack. Some 140 police
officers were injured. More
than 600 people have been
arrested. The assault on
the Capitol is the focus of a
congressional investigation.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
MEL D. COLEWashington, D.C.DEMOCRACY ON THE BRINK
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