MSNBC Airs Newly Released Bodycam Video from the Capitol Hill Riot

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BRZEZINSKI: "Today marks the six-month mark since the attack on U.S. Capitol. More than 140 officers were injured in that attack. And while more than 500 people have been arrested, the FBI is still working to identify some 300 more, including whomever is possible for placing pipe bombs outside of the offices of both the Republican and Democratic National Committees. The struggle reflects the massive scale of the investigation and how much work still needs to be done in the face of an effort by some Republican lawmakers to rewrite what happened that day. This is what happened that day. As the AP points out, officials made few arrests on the day of the riot because they were focused on clearing the Capitol and protecting lawmakers’ lives. However, officials have been helped by amateur detectives using crowdsourcing methods to help identify rioters, insurrectionists. More than two dozen defendants have pleaded guilty so far, one woman has been sentenced, though she avoided jail time. Newly released body camera video from a Capitol attack court case gives us another look at just how dangerous the Capitol riot was for officers trying to defend our country and our lawmakers. Watch as an officer protects himself with a shield as rioters box him in, creating catastrophic and claustrophobic conditions. You can see the flashes of strobe lights meant to disorient the police on the front lines. And take a look at this. Rioters pushing against a police line as officers try in vain to rotate in new people."