Capitol Policeman’s Heroism Saves Legislators from Attack by
Mob
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
If a viewer was unaware of
exactly where in the Capitol building Officer Eugene Goodman
was headed to during the afternoon of January 6 as he was
chased up a series of stairs by an unruly mob of rioters
seemingly intent on damaging the Capitol and seeking to
confront, probably cause harm to, the legislators and their
staffs, one might have thought he was simply panicking and
running aimlessly through the building.
As it happens, Officer
Goodman was clearly not panicked. As one takes a second look
and hears from commentators where Goodman was in the chase,
it becomes evident that the Black officer, pursued by the
White insurgents, knew exactly where he was and what his
intent was that day.
Goodman can be seen, on
the second landing, glancing to his left and noticing an
open hallway to the Senate. He was using only his baton to
try to ward off the intruders, but there were too many of
them to restrain. When he sees the danger that the senators
and their staffs might encounter if his pursuers glanced
into the open room, he pushes the leader of the pack to
irritate him and keep his attention on the officer. Then
Goodman headed in the opposite direction with the leader of
the mob, then the mob, in hot pursuit.
Goodman led the mob into a
group of police in a back corridor outside the Senate.
That leader, wearing a
black QAnon shirt, was Doug Jensen from Des Moines, Iowa,
who was later arrested by the FBI on five federal charges
and fired by his Des Moines employer, Forrest & Associates
Masonry.
QAnon is a conspiracy
theory that alleges the existence of a liberal, satanic
“deep state” cult that conducts a child sex-trafficking
ring.
“As Trump’s fascist mob
ransacked the U.S. Capitol, this brace USCP officer kept
murderous rioters away from the Senate chamber and saved the
lives of those inside. God bless him for his courage,” said
Rep. Pascrell, D-N.J.
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