Police Body Cam Footage Shows Attack On Paul Pelosi

The New York Times reports:

It was as quick as it was brutal — captured in just a few seconds of grainy video from a police body camera. Arriving at the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, two officers find an intruder and Ms. Pelosi’s husband, Paul, standing calmly, each with a hand on a hammer that the police demand they drop. Just then, the video shows, the intruder takes control, wields the weapon over his head and slams it with full force.

“Mr. Pelosi was face down on the ground, a pool of blood by his head,” said Kyle Cagney, one of the two San Francisco police officers who were first to arrive in the early hours of Oct. 28, during a court hearing on Wednesday. The assailant’s repeated cries of, “Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?” as he confronted Mr. Pelosi echoed the chants of some of the rioters during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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At a court hearing on Wednesday, a San Francisco police officer described how the attack on Paul Pelosi unfolded in seconds, from the moment police arrived and encountered an intruder with a large hammer to Mr. Pelosi lying unconscious on the floor. https://t.co/Xt1TFErkSk

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