Capitol Police officers involved in the Jan. 6th riot now sharing their stories on USCP social media platforms

U.S. Capitol Police officers who skilled the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol have taken to social media to share their experiences of that day.

Their stories have been shared in snippets titled “Stories from January 6” on the company’s Twitter and YouTube web page.  

In one video, Captain Neysha Mendoza says she was involved {that a} member of congress would get injured if considered one of the rioters have been ready “to get to them” after breaching the Capitol.

“That was my fear factory, because I realized that’s what they were there for,” Mendoza says. “In the beginning you just think, well, they’re trying to disrupt congress. And then somewhere along the way you realize, they’re actually there to hurt people.”

Officer Winston Pingeon, who was dispatched to the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol, says he might hear his fellow officers “begging for help on the radio.”

“The level of severity and the duration of that day that we experienced was just something I could not have imagined,” Pingeon says. “And there were times there when I would look out and see thousands of really angry people. With just evil in their eyes. And there were multiple times when I thought I might not make it out of here alive.”

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More than 300 individuals have been charged to date in the Jan. 6 riot and prosecutors have mentioned as much as 100 extra persons are anticipated to face costs. The most severe conspiracy costs have been introduced towards members of the Oath Keepers and fellow extremist Proud Boys faction, who authorities say got here to Washington ready to cease the peaceable transition of energy.

USCP has not held a press convention on the occasions of Jan. 6 although the company launched a YouTube video early final month that includes Acting U.S. Capitol Chief Yogananda Pittman making a press release on the matter.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.