It's been a year since that pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. I was there when it happened, and I was also there months later when they tried to shift the blame, writes NPR reporter Lauren Hodges:
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What happened next is still a bit of a blur. Hannah and I saw a roaring sea of people and flags moving toward us. I barely had time to change the batteries in my recording equipment before we were surrounded.Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following the rally. It's been a year since that pro-Trump mob broke through the Capitol doors and windows, attacked law enforcement and media and vandalized the building as lawmakers were rushed to secure locations.
A makeshift gallows with a noose was actually built on the Capitol grounds that day but was never used. "The Republic falling," O'Brien said."And becoming corrupt and unmanageable. And our vote not mattering at all whatsoever.""Because we love our country," Scalcucci added."And we don't want it to fall in the hands of these evil people. The stuff that they do, it's unforgivable."For many who participated in the siege, it felt like a patriotic act. They were loyal Americans protesting what they had been told was a stolen election.
"So they were black helmets, black clothes, black backpacks who started busting the windows first," said Janie, a nurse from South Carolina, who said she saw members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter committing the violence. She also claimed the Trump supporters were actually trying to fight them off. But when we mentioned we were on site that day, she admitted that she never actually came close enough to the Capitol to see any violence.
Supporters of those charged in the Jan. 6 attack attend the 'Justice for J6' rally near the U.S. Capitol on September 18. Tampa Bay attorney Bjorn Brunvand represents several people who were at the Capitol that day, including Robert Scott Palmer, who wasto five years in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a fire extinguisher, a wood plank and a flagpole. His is the longest such term yet.
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