‘Slipping in People’s Blood’: Capitol Police Officer Edwards Recalls Fight With Jan. 6 Mob
- Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards says ‘it was carnage’
- She suffered head injury when rioters hit her with bike rack
WATCH: Capitol Police officer Edwards testified before a committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, and gave her account of fighting the mob. (Warning: This video contains graphic images, violence and strong language)
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A police officer who sustained brain damage during the Capitol insurrection likened the chaos on Jan. 6, 2021 to a “war scene,” in the most dramatic moment of Thursday’s House hearing into the assault waged by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes, there were officers on the ground, they were bleeding, they were throwing up,” US Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, 31, told the House panel investigating the attack in nationally televised remarks. “I was slipping in peoples’ blood.”