"NPR Investigations correspondent Tom Dreisbach sat down with two officers who defended the Capitol Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges to watch their police body camera footage from Jan. 6. Both were subjected to some of the most brutal violence of the day, inside a tunnel where police were outnumbered by rioters armed with flagpoles, stun guns, crutches, stolen police shields and chemical sprays. Fanone, Hodges and other officers say that Trump's mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters has exacerbated the trauma of that day."
"Both Fanone and Hodges have received death threats and been called "crisis actors." But the footage from their body cameras shows the reality of what they experienced. Both videos come from NPR's Jan. 6 archive, part of a long-term effort to preserve the historical record a public database tracking every arrest, charge, verdict and sentence related to the attack. In Decemeber 2025, the archive expanded to include police body camera and surveillance video and other courtroom evidence,"
On Jan. 6, 2021, 140 police officers were injured defending the U.S. Capitol from a violent mob. Two officers, Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, experienced some of the day's most brutal violence inside a tunnel where rioters outnumbered police and used flagpoles, stun guns, crutches, stolen shields and chemical sprays. Both officers continue to live with lasting physical and psychological damage, and both have received death threats and been labeled "crisis actors." They and other officers say a mass pardon for rioters has exacerbated their trauma. Body-camera footage documents their experiences, and a public Jan. 6 archive now includes body and surveillance video and courtroom evidence.
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