Mark Griffin was trying to caution police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 against firing more rubber pellets and explosive munitions into the massive crowd when a police sergeant shouldered a munition launcher and shot Griffin in the left leg with 40mm hard-rubber baton rounds.

The point-blank blast likely from Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Frank Edwards came seconds after Griffin explained he hadn’t touched the bicycle-rack barrier on the West Plaza as Edwards claimed. “Calm down,” Griffin said.

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