Local CBS News Station Interviews Founder Of Civil Rights Group Involved In Storming The Capitol & Was Standing Next Woman Fatally Shot
The police reports of everyone that is arrested needs to be made public, we have a right to know who engaged in criminal behavior.
A local CBS News Station interviewed a man named John Sullivan who is the founder of Insurgence USA.
Here is a December 31, 2020 post from Sullivan’s group Insurgence USA (we’ll post screenshots at the very bottom of the post in case Sullivan deletes posts).
Burn it all down #Minneapolis #minneapolisshooting https://t.co/c4X9aValfz
— Insurgence USA (@insurgenceusa) December 31, 2020
There are several more posts like this on his Twitter account.
During an interview with CBS KUTV Sullivan claimed he was only there to “document” the rally.
“There was a crowd of about, I would say, more than 50,000 people just at the Capitol base trying to get in,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said at one point he witnessed a protester take a riot shield from an officer, “and he started slamming the riot shield against the cop, took that, threw it down the steps, and threw the officer down the steps as well.”
Sullivan told KUTV that he got into the Capitol through a window, however, a video posted on Insurgence USA Twitter account shows one of his members Jayden Xander go right through the front door.
There was a crowd of about, I would say, more than 50,000 people just at the Capitol base trying to get in,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said at one point he witnessed a protester take a riot shield from an officer, “and he started slamming the riot shield against the cop, took that, threw it down the steps, and threw the officer down the steps as well.”
Heidi Hatch, KUTV reporter, said that Sullivan has been arrested before at protests and posted Sullivan’s most recent Instagram post that was very inflammatory however, Sullivan took it down.
John Sullivan faced charges here in Utah after organizing protests. His most recent video post on Intsa. https://t.co/hD7A90Cc2s
— Heidi Hatch (@tvheidihatch) January 7, 2021
“Protesters weren’t really, like, trying to burn anything down, they weren’t really trying to break anything, their main motive was to make it into the chambers,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan admitted to and was seen on video standing next Ashli Babbitt when she was shot by Capitol Police.
“I remember looking into her eyes and seeing the lifelessness and understanding that she was dead,” he said.
Sullivan said that he is going to stay in DC to see what happens next.
John Sullivan known on the Utah protest scene was inside the U.S. Capitol. He got in through a broken window. He says he was there to document the protest. No matter what he watched a woman die and could now face charges. https://t.co/x3bm77w3dq
— Heidi Hatch (@tvheidihatch) January 7, 2021
