‘It was a war scene’: Caroline Edwards describes Capitol attack violence
by Sam Levine from US news | The Guardian on (#606R4)
The Capitol police officer, who was injured in the insurrection, said she saw colleagues bleeding, on the ground, throwing up'
Caroline Edwards, a Capitol police officer who sustained a brain injury during the January 6 attack, gave a chilling recollection of the brutal violence of that day on Thursday, telling the committee investigating the attack it was a war scene".
Her testimony offered key evidence for underscoring the stakes of the congressional hearing. It showed viewers at home that the attack on the Capitol in Washington DC was not an accident, but rather an intentional effort to inflict violence.
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