Rioter Comes After Press Photog with 2x4 on January 6

Only two seconds into this short video, you’ll see a wooden 2x4, with a nail sticking out the end, enter the scene. It is being pointed at what appears to be a female photographer with “Press” marked across the back of her helmet. Five seconds in, the '2x4 guy' swats her gas mask with his hand, then he seems intent on using the 2x4 on her in some other way. At exactly that moment, another photog, (with a couple of press badges on his lanyard), has witnessed this taking place and immediately begins moving down the steps toward them, to intervene.

I’d never noticed this event in over two years of reviewing my own videos from J6, but as I was keying in on all those riot-ready press guys for the feature in my Locals community, this jumped out at me for the first time. (This happens at exactly 1:30 pm on J6.) You can see the full article, here:

https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com/post/3676415/fights-camera-action-frontline-photogs-in-action-on-january-6