'Pull them out!': New footage from the Capitol riot shows chilling enthusiasm for attacking police
While many Republican officials and supporters in the media have tried to downplay the violence of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and suggest that vast majority of attendees came in peace, a newly released video shows the extreme enthusiasm from the crowd at large of the violent attack on the building.
On Thursday, July 15, NBC4-Washington investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane tweeted the video clip, explaining, "The video in this newly released Justice Dept court exhibit in US Capitol Insurrection case shows a perspective of the frontlines ... and the brutal assault on police But I can't get past the woman heard screaming 'Pull them out!'"
The video in this newly released Justice Dept court exhibit in US Capitol Insurrection case shows a perspective of the frontlines ... and the brutal assault on police\n\nBut I can't get past the woman heard screaming "Pull them out!"pic.twitter.com/aCq8iaz7XP— Scott MacFarlane (@Scott MacFarlane) 1626393420
The latest clip has raised concerns because it offers clear insight into how Capitol rioters brutally assaulting law enforcement. Last year, former President Donald Trump repeatedly billed himself as a "law and order" president. It was a belief that his followers also claimed to support. However, the footage is a stark contradiction of their so-called belief system and suggests the notion only applies under certain circumstances —
One Twitter user wrote, "There is no just 'moving on' from this violent assault on the Cap Police at the USA Capital. Why were Capital Police not more prepared considering they had been warned from the FBI about the insurrection? Why did help not arrive for 4 hours? Why were panic buttons removed?"
There is no just \u201cmoving on\u201d from this violent assault on the \nCap Police at the USA Capital. \n\nWhy were Capital Police not more prepared considering they had been warned from the FBI about the insurrection?\n\nWhy did help not arrive for 4 hours?\n\nWhy were panic buttons removed?— *\u22c6\ud835\udcd1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcd2\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcee\u22c6* (@*\u22c6\ud835\udcd1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcfd\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcee \ud835\udcd2\ud835\udcf1\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcee\u22c6*) 1626393790
Some Twitter users even pushed back against the previous argument that the rioters would be better described as "tourists."
The vocals are familiar to anyone who has attended a Trump rally over the past five years.https://twitter.com/macfarlanenews/status/1415718804005351424\u00a0\u2026— Dan Zak (@Dan Zak) 1626391060
Is that how tourists enter a country or a place, armed , faces covered ?— @Sam_ivzir \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf41#Resist (@@Sam_ivzir \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf41#Resist) 1626438917
Just a nice bunch of guys on a Capitol tour that got a little excited and peed and shit like puppies?— Andy Potter (@Andy Potter) 1626393637
C'mon, Scott - there just having a picnic and singing Kumbaya. What's your problem? You don't recognize Gandhi-esque nonviolent protests when they're right in front of your face? The part you can't see is that Bull Connor III is spraying a fire hose in the protesters' faces...— Jon Bauman (@Jon Bauman) 1626394135
I can\u2019t wait for the 27th when we get to hear from these officers who lived this!— longtimeago (@longtimeago) 1626393632
Compare this to how the Capitol police reacted towards a Black Congresswoman advocating for voting rights.https://twitter.com/NickKnudsenUS/status/1415796071503077376?s=19\u00a0\u2026— Jamie Carter (@Jamie Carter) 1626397068
