This link will take you to interviews conducted by ABC’s WJLA in the District of Columbia.
Three police officers and the chief of the D.C. Metropolitan Police describe what happened on January 6.
One of them was dragged out of one of the Capitol entrances and beaten with his own baton.
Another was crushed inside a door and nearly had an eye gouged out.
They describe a mob that was bent on mayhem and destruction. They describe a mob that wanted blood.
What you will hear is the voices of men and a woman sworn to uphold the law and to protect the Constitution.
They risked their lives for us.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Yes. They were attacked.
In an audio excerpt someone in the mob threatening a police officer can be heard screaming at another mobster: “Kill him with his own gun.”
We need a thorough investigation of the events surrounding January 6th. While most of the members of the Capitol Police force did their job like these three men, there is evidence that some of the police colluded with the extremists. We also need to investigate other agencies that were called to provide assistance to the Capitol Police who were outmanned and overrun. Hopefully, the inauguration will be calmer with the presence of more than 21,000 members of the National Guard on the scene.
There is also suspicion that some members of Congress may have colluded with the mob and that the mob was led by a prepared and armed group.
“…that they would just walk right up and say ‘we’re here to arrest Congress.’ And then police would say, ‘OK let’s go’…”
Wow! Just amazing! What better illustrates the degree to which some people are living in a dream world created for their own demise.
The videos of the officer being crushed by the press of the crowds and the other officers being pummeled and dragged were bone chilling and heart rending. This should have never happened. For all the failures and incredible lapses, they did manage to keep the Congresspeople safe. No representative or senator was beaten, kidnapped or killed, thank goodness.
The thin blue line–very, very thin, and braver for it; glad they were there.
Officer Fanone’s earthy description of how he felt about the people who “saved” him is a quote for the ages.
It strikes me that the upcoming inauguration can only be compared to both of Lincoln’s inaugurations. They will have been the only three in which there was serious concern about the life of the president. I think, very sadly, the many of us here and elsewhere who have expressed fear about the rise of fascism and intolerance in this nation over the past five years have been proven to be correct. What I feared in 1989 when I was a part of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism has come to fruition.
Making it even sadder, the only inauguration I experienced personally was the Clinton’s first in 1993. It was a celebration. The tents from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival were erected on the National Mall for a musical, culinary and cultural celebration. It featured musical acts from the range of American experience. I remember being in the tent that had McCoy Tyner, followed by Etta James, followed by Booker T and MGs (!!!), and concluded by the Very Rev. Al Green (!!!!!!). Front freaking row. Free. For the people.
I remember sobbing like a baby when watching tv as the crowd at Obama’s first inaugural celebrated in peace and joy and wishing I could have been there. And while I was just a baby, I remember later learning about JFK’s stirring speech at his inaugural. I also remember laughing at Sean whatever-his-name-is making a fool of himself and cheering my wife and her friends on at the Women’s March from a distance four years ago.
The Idiot has taught me how to hate, something I didn’t think would have been possible four years ago. But mostly, I hate what this craven Idiot and his enablers have done to our national rituals, rituals that confirm the legitmacy–not perfection–of our system of governing. And what they continue to do. They have robbed our Nation–and more importantly, our Nation’s historical and international standing–of an essential act of legitimacy. Murderers of people and our system of governing are still at large, both within and outside of our governing institutions. We must take it back. More importantly, we must all pledge to protect President Biden. Whether we supported his candidacy or not, we must do so to restore this nation’s legitimacy, for us, the world and posterity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/01/15/inaugural-events/9601f35a-df6d-43cb-a2f1-59dc45af7346/
Interesting video of Officer Goodman: