Here you can see one protester deploy pepper spray on Capitol Police prior to entry
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The protesters who entered started on the South Side of The Capitol, where officers attempted to stop them using pepper spray and tear gas
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I scaled the inauguration media tower to get a better angle. This is the moment that the Capitol Police perimeter was breached by protesters
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Here you can see how protesters overwhelmed the Cap Police perimeter with their sheer numbers before entering the building
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Here’s another clip taken immediately after the perimeter was breached. You can see that tear gas had virtually no effect on the crowd
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Protesters sing The National Anthem as the crowd rushed into The Capitol
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Some hoisted Trump flags on the steps of the Inauguration bleachers
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You can see how hectic things were as I entered The Capitol
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As I walked to the House doors through Statuary Hall, there were virtually no police inside
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Here is the moment I arrived at the doors to The House
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Reinforcements eventually arrived and forced everyone away from the doors
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Once the doors were secured, we were pushed back into The Capitol Dome
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Police eventually arrived in the Rotunda amidst “USA” chants
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Law enforcement dressed in tactical gear arrived shortly after
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While sandwiched in between police and a mob of pushing protesters, one officer swiped my Congressional press credential while I was attempting to display it. Still haven’t gotten it back yet.
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At one point you can hear an officer say “everyone in here is under arrest,” but we were eventually escorted out of the Rotunda and police let us go
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Police struggled to close the front doors just outside The Capitol
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As the door to The Capitol was being closed I nearly lost my phone and lacerated my elbow on the broken window. After that I decided to call it a day.
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