[ET - paywall removed] long article with a focus on USCP embedded in the crowd. Further down, however, is this - More extensive video footage, analyzed by Ray Dietrich of Red Voice Media, shows "the beginning of violence on January 6."
"The video shows the moment either stun grenades or tear gas canisters were deployed into the crowd of protestors," Dietrich says as the video plays out. "The question I have, after a 20-year career in law enforcement, is why were these munitions deployed? I have picked this video apart and many more, and cannot see why the USCP used this force against the crowd. There is no fighting and no violence, so why did they target these people with less-lethal weapons?"
"What happened next?" Dietrich asks rhetorically. "Chaos. Violence. The crowd fought back. The Capitol was breached."
As the stunned crowd scurries in the attack, police can be seen spraying people in the face with pepper spray. In another segment, three police officers are beating a protester who is being held on the ground. In a measure that further escalates the tension, police begin deploying tear gas into the already frantic crowd. In a course of 20 minutes, a once peaceful scene descends into total chaos.
So the Capitol Police started the riot by stampeding the crowd. Certainly, the J6 investigation will reveal this!
