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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Charles Kaiser

Standing My Ground review: Capitol cop Harry Dunn on January 6 and the Trumpist threat

In an arty news photo with most of the image blurred blue and white, as if a computer screen and a light are there, a Black man with short or no hair and a trimmed goatee speaks, with his black uniform and gold police badge visible in the top right corner of the frame.
Harry Dunn speaks at a January 6 committee hearing, on Capitol Hill. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

If you think you’ve read everything you need to know about the violent attempt to overthrow the US government on 6 January 2021, this insider’s book by a 6ft 7in African American Capitol police officer will change your mind.

Harry Dunn has written a 237-page cri de coeur for himself and for the US. It is a story that is more important than ever when so many crazed Republicans continue to revere the traitor whom the justice department says is directly responsible for this singularly shameful episode in American history.

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