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'This is why they don't want more J6 videos released!' Explosive new Jan. 6 video shows police fired stun grenades into peaceful protesters
'This is why they don't want more J6 videos released!' Explosive new Jan. 6 video shows police fired stun grenades into peaceful protesters Peter LaBarbera By Peter LaBarbera Published February 23, 2023 at 10:20pm
Newly surfaced Jan. 6 video footage shows D.C. police firing stun grenades into a crowd of peaceful, pro-Trump protesters, raising the specter that police brutality and reckless, provocative actions by incompetent officers enraged the crowd and led people to rush past them into the Capitol.
WARNING: videos contain obscenities and disturbing scenes of violence
Another video shows D.C. police accidentally showering themselves with tear gas, causing them to flee from protecting the Capitol. Conservative Charlie Kirk's Rumble page description sums it up this way: "Bodycam footage shows a cop shooting a tear gas grenade *into police lines* causing them to retreat."
The shocking videos, obtained by the group "Investigate J6," undermine the Democrats' and the media's dominant "insurrection" narrative by showing the crowd reacting to the police show of force, rather than engaging in any kind of planned or aggressive "assault" on the nation's legislative body. The group's GiveSendGo page states, "Investigate J6 is a coalition of forensic video investigators, attorneys, journalists and intelligence analysts. Your funds will help the investigations of many dedicated patriots and bring much needed truth to light."
The initial Investigate J6 tweet states: "What led to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6th? #FollowTheTimeline. POLICE BRUTALITY evidence thread."
The texts, most linking to videos, of the Feb. 20 Investigate J6 Twitter thread are as follows:
Zitat1. What led to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6th? #FollowTheTimeline
POLICE BRUTALITY evidence thread
2. On January 6th at 1:13pm: Officer Thau and the DC Metropolitan Police arrived on the Capitol's West Plaza.
Upon arrival, Thau frantically requests Capitol Police provide him with "blast munitions" to start throwing at the mostly peaceful crowd.
3. Thau repeatedly requests "blast munitions" from different supervisors on the ground for the next 10 minutes.
4. At 1:17pm, Thau orders Capitol PD 'snipers nest' to continue firing indiscriminately into the crowd.
He screams "let's go, [f**king] shoot them!" "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"
5. At 1:22pm, Thau grabs a DC officer's taser. He then rushes to the front line and proceeds to tase a random protestor who can be heard screaming in pain.
The crowd responds angrily to Thau's offensive use of the weapon, yelling "what the [f**k] is wrong with you guys?!"
6. Blast and incendiary munitions arrive at 1:25pm.
From approx 1:25pm until 2:25pm, Capitol and DC police incite the crowd with an unrelenting barrage of grenades and mortars.
Protestor Kevin Greeson drops dead at 1:28pm. Witnesses allege he was killed by one of these grenades.
7. On January 6th at 2:02pm, protestor Derrick Vargo is pushed from a ledge on the NW staircase by a Capitol PD officer as he attempts to hang a Trump flag.
8. At 2:03pm, DC police first use their LRAD system (long range acoustic device), in violation of established protocol.
DC law requires police to give 3 separate warnings with the LRAD and an opportunity to disperse before using violence or munitions to clear a protest crowd.
9. The text images included here are from Jon Turley's testimony on the clearing of the Pershing Park BLM protests outside the White House in 2020.
The attempted clearing of the West Plaza protest was evidently illegal according to case law highlighted in Turley's 6/29/20 testimony. Oddly, Judge Emmet Sullivan, who wrote these rules, has not addressed this fact in his January 6th rulings and convictions.
The entirety of Turley's remarkably relevant testimony can be found [HERE].
10. On January 6th at 2:18pm, DC police Sgt. Edwards admits to his Commander that their munitions are hitting innocent people. Officer Thau admits that they are inciting ten protestors for every person they hit.
11. At 2:19pm, the DC commander orders officers not to "lose the steps of the Capitol."
At 2:25pm, more 40mm munitions arrive. Thau orders Officer 'Rich' to shoot a CS mortar "over the [f**king] scaffolding."
Rich misfires and gases the entire DC police line, causing them to retreat.
12. At 2:33pm, Thau tells arriving DC MPD officers to abandon the West Plaza, ordering them "do not go down the [f**king] stairs."
13. For context, here is an overhead video timelapse of the West Plaza protest. #FollowTheTimeline
The "anti-woke" Twitter account @DC_Draino run by attorney Rogan O'Handley, published a series of tweets highlighting the new videos. Said O'Handley in the initial tweet of the thread: "MASSIVE J6 DISCOVERY Timelapse video of the West Side of the Capitol shows the crowd move past police lines at 2:27 PM EST. You know what happened at 2:26 PM? Bodycam footage shows a cop shooting a tear gas grenade *into police lines* causing them to retreat for air Watch!"
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