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Instead of -- they fill their mouth with "back the blue," or "we are pro law and order and the rule of law," then they have a chance to hold the people accountable and, yet, they are fighting for the january 6th rioters and calling them patriots or political prisoners. yet, to them, i think we are considered the bad guys of january 6th because we stopped them from doing whatever they intended to do on the horrific day. >> which is ridiculous. sergeant gonell, thank you so much for your service. thank you for being on this morning. >> thanks for having me. we have much more ahead on yesterday...

According to the committee. we'll get back into some of the testimony yesterday. we want to now bring in a guest. this month's hearings especially personal for members of the capitol police force, many of whom were assaulted, of course, by people attacking the capitol on january 6th. that includes sergeant gonel, seen here on the right from last week's hearing. he was nearly beaten to death during the capitol attack and testified to the committee about that last summer. >> january 6th, for the first time, i was more afraid to work at the capitol in my entire deployment to iraq. i arrived at ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell about the upcoming Jan. 6 hearings.

This week the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol will commence its public hearings on Thursday, June 9 at 8 p.m. ET beginning what will be a month-long presentation of evidence that congressional investigators have compiled through extensive interviews

Personal emotion about, like, the experience that i went through, but it does make me angry that here we are a year out, and we have not attained the accountability that i would have expected. >> sergeant gonell, you're still not back to work full-time because of your extensive injuries. at one time, officer fanon took your place in the capitol doorway so you could get water and reinforcements. do you sometimes think of what might have happened if he had not been there? >> yes, i definitely -- i told him this morning when i saw him that -- i didn't tell him that before, that at that time, i di...