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Police Chief: At Least Fourteen Officers Injured Amid Capitol Violence

Eric Quintanar
Police Chief: At Least Fourteen Officers Injured Amid Capitol Violence
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At least fourteen police officers were injured amid the demonstrations and subsequent violent unrest in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, including two police officers who were hospitalized after getting attacked while on-duty.

One officer was hospitalized after “he was pulled into a crowd and assaulted,” and another officer was hospitalized with facial injuries after getting “struck by a projectile,” said Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee in a press conference Wednesday evening. 

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