January 6th Police Bodycam Footage at Capitol Building

Police bodycam footage from a Metropolitan Police Department officer on January 6th, as a group of officers arrived at the Capitol Building to respond to the crowd outside.

Audio begins at 1:59 in this video, with continuous footage as police head to the Capitol. Clashes occur with the crowd gathered outside, with batons, pepper spray, teargas and other crowd control munitions deployed as they tried to make their way towards the building.

Many officers did not initially have gas masks on, and make periodic rounds between the front lines outside and pulling back for brief breaks to clear their eyes with water.

Timestamps are available in the upper right corner of this Axon bodycam footage. The first breach into the Capitol Building occurred at 2:12 pm that day, which coincides with roughly 18:45 in this video. The crowd breaks through one of the layers of barricades at 35:05, and heads towards the west side of the building. Officers make their way into the west side tunnel at 46:48, with footage continuing for several minutes inside of the Capitol.