Defense: "You don't know what my client saw when he approached the Capitol.. is that right?"
Gonell: "I cannot get into his head"
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Defense: "You didn't have any elevated concerns about what was happening at the (White House Ellipse)?"
Gonell: "I had concerns..... But I didn't think.. "Ah shit! We're gonna get attacked!"
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Re-setting the scene. This is a bench trial (judge.. no jury) in the Capitol riot case of Kyle Fitzsimons of Maine
Fitzsimons is accused of pushing police & trying to pull police into mob, while allegedly wearing butcher coat. And.. of grabbing Sgt Gonell's riot shield
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Gonell corrects defense for again misidentifying him. She responds “ Please don’t take it personally”
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Defense is pressing Gonell about whether his adrenaline was running during riot. His situational awareness
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Defense did it again.... "Officer Gonell..."
Sgt. Gonell has stopped correcting the record.
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Defense is showing video clips: "At any point in this video, do you see Mr. Fitzsimons grab you?"
Sgt. Gonell: No... but you're only showing *some* of the video.
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A lengthy & sluggish back-and-forth between defense attorney & Sgt Gonell about the use of his shield, whether Fitzsimons was in fact "pulling on it" and a very deliberate Q-and-A about certain frames of video (Gonell repeatedly responded that *later* video shows more action)
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