Today, I watched Don Lemon’s interview with Officer Michael Fanone,
One newly released clip of Officer Fanone’s body camera footage (I will post as it becomes public domain) made me tear up like Don Lemon did.
In that clip you hear Officer Fanone’s partners dragging him back into the tunnel after they rescued him from the mob.
Officer Fanone’s body camera shows he is clearly unconscious, after being tasered and beaten.
You hear Officer Fanone’s partner frantically trying to revive him...
(to paraphrase)
‘Come on Mike, stay with us bro’ , stay with us. We’re going to go duck hunting…. stay with me, stay with me Mike’
(See the video below for Don Lemon’s reaction to this new video footage….
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8196oj)
Don Lemon observed that his partner was saying anything with the
‘duck hunting’ statement, to bring back Officer Fanone to consciousness.
Once they did, Officer Fanone’s first question was:
“Did we keep the door?”
Referring to the front door where he was grabbed by the mob, tasered and beaten unconscious.
Fanone stated, that without the other officers keeping that door, at the least many other officers would have died, and at the worst, many members of Congress and the Senate would have died.
This is my reason for stating he should be given the Congressional Medal of Honor...
Your thoughts on this?
His other statements showed that he is not political.
He is an Officer, and a gentleman.
He said he understands why people in the political circles are trying to revise the history of what happened at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021,
and he asked for any of them to watch his body cam footage to see if they believed that it was not an ‘insurrection’
He said (again to paraphrase)
‘ I know about people wanting to win the midterms, but this is not about politics, this is about right and wrong. These are lies.’
And yes, Don Lemon deserves a Pulitzer for supporting this man, and our country from those who would spread these lies.