Videos Shed Light on Death of Rosanne Boyland at US Capitol on Jan. 6

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Georgia Trump supporter, 34, was trampled, struck by police as she lay dying

Newly released video from the West Terrace tunnel of the U.S. Capitol provides more details on the collapse, beating, and death of Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6, 2021.

A three-hour video unsealed in late December in a Jan. 6 federal criminal case shows the 34-year-old President Donald Trump supporter entered the tunnel, was pushed back out, fell, and was struck by police before her lifeless body was dragged into the Capitol.

Boylandโ€™s sister and a New York attorney question the District of Columbia medical examinerโ€™s finding that Boyland died of an overdose of a prescription medication she took for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Boyland, from Kennesaw, Ga., traveled to Washington D.C. for the Save America rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6. She is seen on video entering the Capitol tunnel, walking next to conservative activist Philip Anderson. Bystanders continue filing in toward the double doors leading into the Capitol.

About 2 1/2 minutes later, police begin pushing the crowd backwards. Boyland is seen at one point looking down at her feet as the mass of humanity flows back toward the entrance. Less than two minutes after that, she disappears from view after falling. Police continue to push the crowd out of the tunnel, causing bodies to pile up on the stairs.

A man in a blue cap and fur-trimmed jacket hood points at the ground and pleads with police to stop pushing. Others in the crowd try to hold off the police, desperately signaling that people are down on the sidewalk. Despite the pleas, police make another push against the crowd, sending more bystanders down the stairs.

Men trying to pull people off the pile are doused with pepper spray. About seven minutes after Boyland was pushed out of the tunnel, a man steps right in front of police and shouts, โ€œStop!โ€ He grabs an aluminum medical crutch off the ground and holds it out in a blocking motion.

At the lower right edge of the tunnel arch, the video shows a Metropolitan Police Department officer repeatedly striking someone at ground level with a baton or a large stick.

Bodycam footage released in 2021 by the U.S. Department of Justice, and cell-phone videos posted to social media, show that Boyland was hit by a police officer numerous times with what appears to be a small tree branch or walking stick.

Shortly after, a group of men carries Boyland to a spot on the sidewalk directly in front of the police line at the center of the tunnel entrance.

Other videos show a bystander frantically performing CPR on Boyland, whose lips had turned purple. Another man, wearing body armor with a patch that read โ€œSheriffโ€ on the front, takes over the CPR for a short time, but is then pulled away from Boyland. Police then grab the apparently deceased woman by the feet and drag her into the Capitol.

โ€œSheโ€™s dying! Sheโ€™s dying!โ€ one man cries out to the line of police. โ€œThatโ€™s on you, mother [expletive].โ€

The crowd outside the tunnel then erupts into a rage, charging at police and throwing objects, including flag poles, a riot shield and what appears to be a stereo speaker.

The new video confirms the limited bodycam footage and eyewitness accounts from Jan. 6 that Boyland was crushed and trampled when the crowd was pushed out of the tunnel, then repeatedly struck by police as she lay unconscious.

The New York attorney who released the three-hour surveillance video repeated his call for a special prosecutor to investigate what went on in the Capitol tunnel.

โ€œMy assessment is that yes, she was killed by the police,โ€ Joseph McBride told The Epoch Times.

McBride originally called for a special prosecutor after the three-hour video showed his client, Victoria C. White, was beaten by police in the West Terrace tunnel over a four-minute period on Jan. 6. The violence against White occurred just a few minutes before Boyland entered the tunnel.

โ€œOur relentless pursuit of truth and justice requires a special prosecutor to investigate the brutal beating of Victoria White and killing of Rosanne Boyland, who were both victims of police brutality on January 6th,โ€ McBride said.

Witnesses have given dramatic accounts of Boylandโ€™s last minutes of life.

โ€œMany people were screaming that a woman was being trampled by the police. I responded as fast as I could,โ€ witness Jonathan Mellis told investigative journalist Cara Castronuova in August 2021. โ€œI saw her lifeless body being crushed under the officers and hit with their batons. They were kicking her viciously. I acted to get them off her. I was maced.โ€

Lonna Cave, Boylandโ€™s sister, said the family is looking for answers โ€” and to see that the officer who struck Rosanne is held to account.

โ€œWe just want to know what happened to Rosanne. There are so many questions,โ€ Cave said in a December interview with Castronuova. โ€œThereโ€™s video of her being beaten by a police officer after sheโ€™s already down on the ground. And then she is seen on video again shortly thereafter and the police drag her. The guys who are out there with her are doing CPR, and one of the police officers like picks up her leg and starts dragging her down the tunnel.โ€

Conservative activist Anderson, who was pulled unconscious from the pile of bodies, said he held onto Boylandโ€™s hand while more and more people fell on top of them. Anderson was pulled from the pile by Jake Lang.

โ€œAfter I tried saving Rosanne for about 2-3 minutes, I just couldnโ€™t budge her. She was under too many people and she lost her life,โ€ Lang said in a podcast interview with Jim Hoft of the news site Gateway Pundit. โ€œShe couldnโ€™t be saved. So I moved over. I spotted Philip with his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth, completely unconscious. He was in a little bit better of a position for me to get underneath him.โ€

Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about Boylandโ€™s death at an October hearing on Capitol Hill. โ€œWas a determination ever made as to who repeatedly struck Rosanne Boyland in the head with a rod before she died?โ€ Gohmert asked.

โ€œAgain, I think this was a matter that was investigated by the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s office,โ€ Garland said.

Cave said she wants to know why the police officer who beat her sister isnโ€™t under investigation. โ€œWhy in this case is this policewoman not being held accountable? Why is nobody investigating her?โ€ Cave said. โ€œWhy isnโ€™t anybody talking about it? Itโ€™s mind boggling.โ€

The Epoch Times asked both the U.S. Department of Justice and the Metropolitan Police Department for comments on the circumstances of Boylandโ€™s death, but did not receive a reply by press time.

Cave said she noticed on the videos that it wasnโ€™t the police who came to her sisterโ€™s aid.

โ€œIt doesnโ€™t show the police officers helping my sister whatsoever. The only people who are helping her are the guys who are sitting in jail right now.โ€

By Joseph M. Hannema

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