🧵This THREAD adds context to the @BuzzFeedNews article: These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off "Racist Ass Terrorists"

There was an organized militia within the rioters. They must be arrested and charged with treason.
https://t.co/eheu8qH1W7

Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that THEIR CHIEF and other UPPER MANAGEMENT left them totally unprepared and were NOWHERE to be found on the day. Some fought them off for two hours before the attackers eventually gained access.

Many widely spread images of smiling marauders, wandering the halls dressed in absurd costumes, had the effect of downplaying how well prepared some of the rioters were to overtake the building & even capture & kill Congress members. Listen at 8 sec

At 8 sec: "Yo we need everybody in here now. Take the paperwork. Take those papers" an organized militia can be heard saying.

“That was a heavily trained group of militia terrorists that attacked us,” said the officer, who has been with the department for more than a decade. “They had radios, we found them, they had two-way communicators and earpieces. They had bear spray. Flash bangs.

This video captures #PinkHatLady #BullHornLady BEFORE she grabs the bullhorn. She uses a battering ram to shatter the Capitol windows. If you know this person call the FBI’s Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)
@FBIWFO #SeditionVids

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ARRESTED: Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas was arrested today in Bentonville, Arkansas on multiple criminal charges related to unlawful activities at the Capitol where he was photographed with his feet up on a desk in the @SpeakerPelosi's office. #DCTerrorists

ARRESTED: Cleveland Meredith was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with making interstate threats to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (need photo)

Lonnie Coffman, of Alabama, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with possession of an unregistered firearm (destructive device) and carrying a pistol without a license. (Part 1)

It is alleged that Lonnie Coffman’s vehicle contained 11 explosive devices known as Molotov cocktails and firearms. It is further alleged he was in possession of two firearms. Coffman was arrested and is currently being held. His detention hearing is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2021.

Mark Leffingwell, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; assault on a federal law enforcement officer; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. (part 1)

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr. with Joshua Matthew Black:

Look, it's a PR war. Okay? You have to understand, it's an IO war. We can't lose the IO war.

[Man] Hawley, Cruz.
I think Cruz would want us to do this, so.
Yeah, absolutely

Outside the Capitol a noose hangs on a makeshift gallows.

MAGA Mob storms the Capitol
"If they don't fix this sh*t, we're gonna fu*king take this... Millions of Americans are armed. To protect the Constitution of the United States, against enemies foreign and domestic... F**k you police"