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Speaker 0: The material comes from the United States Department of Justice and shows surveillance video of the Upper West Terrace doors of The United States Capitol on 01/06/2021. Just after 02:33 PM, police officers allow five individuals to exit the Capitol through the Upper West Terrace doors. At 02:34 PM, a gentleman holding an American flag catches the door just as the last protester leaves. He turns to the crowd outside and waves towards the door.
At the same time at 02:34 PM, a gentleman with a red cap approaches the interior doors. As the police officer notices him, he continues to approach. The police officer holds the door for the protester as he enters the Capitol undeterred. At 02:35 PM, a large group enters the interior of the Capitol, police standing at the doors. As a steady stream of protesters enters through the Upper West Terrace doors, they can see police officers standing at the interior doors allowing people to pass.
Around 250 protesters entered through the Upper West Terrace doors that day, many of which are charged with felony obstruction for entering a building undeterred. At 02:36 PM, a police officer walks towards the exit against the flow of protesters. He then turns around and begins walking with the protesters. He turned his back to them and never took a posture that was defensive or that would indicate that he feared being harmed. At 02:36:54, the police allow the crowd to pass.
At 02:38 PM, a woman with a sock hat and a camera with a sound recording device attached to it films police as they allow people to enter. A steady stream of individuals pass by police as they stand aside without deterring protesters for several minutes. At 02:40 PM, police stopped the protesters to speak to them again. At 02:44 PM, a police officer in the bottom of the screen can be seen speaking to the officers in front of them and pulling them away, indicating to the crowd that they are allowed to enter. The officers then turn their backs to the crowd, which indicate that they did not possess fear of the protesters.
The officers then escort the crowd into the interior of the Capitol. At 02:47 PM, police wearing yellow gear close the doors. Police presence then increases and no more individual.