Opinion | milleridriss: The officers' firsthand accounts of what they encountered make it clear that the assault on the Capitol was an act of domestic terrorism. Officers were expecting civil disobedience, but they were met with incredible violence.
," Washington Police Officer Daniel Hodges said an insurrectionist told him.
The emotional testimony brought Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to tears. It also should erase any lingering ambiguity.
The emotional testimony brought Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to tears. It also should erase any lingering ambiguity. Even after hearing such horrific testimony, some may argue that the rioters got"swept up" in violence and that only a minority of attackers were part of the militant extremist fringe. Indeed, onlyof those arrested so far are believed to be members of extremist groups, and most of the violence was most likely more spontaneous than had been planned. But by this country's own definition, spontaneous acts can still be terrorist ones.
Whether they were planned or spontaneously mobilized, it is clear that the events of Jan. 6 were a domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol. Rioters constructed a gallows and hung a noose outside the Capitol.
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