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EXCLUSIVE: Security Video Challenges the Narrative on First Man to Die at Capitol on Jan. 6

Capitol Police closed-circuit-television footage obtained by The Epoch Times calls into question the popular narrative that Benjamin James Philips was struck by a police munition before he collapsed from a fatal cardiac event.
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EXCLUSIVE: Security Video Challenges the Narrative on First Man to Die at Capitol on Jan. 6
A group of protesters carries Benjamin J. Philips on a makeshift gurney after paramedics refused to come to where he collapsed near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Capitol Police/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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The first of four supporters of President Donald Trump to die on Jan. 6, 2021, received emergency medical care away from the fast-growing crowd on the U.S. Capitol’s west plaza—before any explosive munitions were used by police—new security video reveals.

Capitol Police closed-circuit-television (CCTV) footage obtained by The Epoch Times calls into question the popular narrative that Benjamin James Philips was struck by a police munition before he collapsed from a fatal cardiac event.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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