Black Capitol officers say they were attacked by “racist terrorists” during the riots – some of whom repeatedly called them N-word, according to a report.
Two police officers described being subjected to racial abuse – including slander – during Wednesday’s chaos that left five people dead, including one of their colleagues, BuzzFeed reported.
“I was called [an N-word] 15 times today, ”one of the officers, who is a veteran of the force, remembered to shout as soon as the pro-Trump crowd dispersed, the vehicle said.
Another officer, who is a younger recruit, described being forced into hand-to-hand combat with the protesters, some of whom threw Blue Lives Matter flags at them.
“We were telling them to back off and go and stop, and they are telling us, they are on our side, and they are doing this for us, and they are saying this while I am being punched in the face by one of them,” he said. him to the outlet.
“We were getting pepper spray on our faces by these protesters, I will not even call them protesters, by these domestic terrorists,” said the official.
The older police officer is said to have minimized how sophisticated the group of Trump supporters was.
“That was a heavily trained group of terrorist militias that attacked us,” he told the agency.
He said they had radios, two-way communicators and headsets, in addition to homemade explosives and tubular bombs.
“These guys had military training. Many of them were ex-soldiers, ”the official told BuzzFeed.
As soon as they finally contained the violence, the veteran policeman said a wave of emotion washed over him.
“I sat down with one of my friends, another black, and tears started streaming down my face,” he told BuzzFeed.
“I said, ‘what the fuck, man? Is this America? What the hell happened? I’m so sick of it. “
In the middle of the Rotunda, he started shouting at no one in particular, shouting: “These are racist terrorists.”
“I cried for about 15 minutes and just let it go,” he told the news agency.