The New York Times reports:
The prime-time hearing featured dramatic video of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, leading the assault on the Capitol, and the emotional testimony of a Capitol Police officer who suffered a traumatic brain injury at the hands of the mob.
“What I saw was a war scene,” the officer, Caroline Edwards, one of the more than 150 officers injured in the rampage, testified. “I saw officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up.” She added: “I was slipping on people’s blood. It was carnage. It was chaos.”
Officer Edwards’s appearance reflected the potency of the committee’s seamless two-hour presentation — including never-before-seen video — in bringing home the violence of that day all over again.
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“It was carnage. It was chaos. … Never in my wildest dreams did I think that as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, I would find myself in the middle of a battle.”
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards describes “absolute war zone” outside of the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/Rs4FU3CqKW
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 10, 2022
In the first Jan. 6 hearing, Caroline Edwards, a Capitol Police officer, described how she confronted protesters during the attack. The mob ended up pushing a bike rack into her, pinning her to the ground and knocking her unconscious. https://t.co/HYJvJw3HBa pic.twitter.com/Dx43CrCi1i
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2022
Capitol Police Officer Pfc. Harry Dunn embraces Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards after her harrowing testimony about what she experienced during the Capitol attack. https://t.co/6slP74iPVK pic.twitter.com/dBtuoN9ABv
— ABC News (@ABC) June 10, 2022
“I will sacrifice everything to make sure that the America my grandfather defended is here for many years to come,” said Caroline Edwards, a Capitol Police officer who clashed with rioters during the Jan. 6 attack and suffered a concussion. https://t.co/4v8oGReoWy pic.twitter.com/Xnp13y8QTq
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2022
No one approaching the Capitol in this video did anything to help U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards…
No one. pic.twitter.com/IAQp7q0oEg— Mike Valerio (@ValerioCNN) June 10, 2022
Sandra Garza, partner of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died following two strokes after responding to the attack on the U.S Capitol in 2021, embraces U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards after the Jan. 6 public hearing.
REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz pic.twitter.com/QZ49tQd6cR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 10, 2022
Cheney: “You were knocked unconscious, is that right?”
Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards: “Yes, ma’am.”
“But then when you regained consciousness, even with the injuries, you returned to duty, is that right?”
“Yes, ma’am…I tried to hold the line at Senate steps.” pic.twitter.com/f0XGeLb6C6
— ABC News (@ABC) June 10, 2022