THE INSURRECTION

I don’t really know where to start with this one, but it was definitely a once in a lifetime experience shooting “The Circus” for Showtime on Jan. 6th. I was shoulder to shoulder with the Proud Boys on the Eastern side as they chanted “Fuck Antifa” and then face to face with the insurrectionists on the Western side as they plowed over the fencing surrounding the Capitol. I thought it was in jest as I heard them screaming “Are you ready to bleed for your country? Are you ready to DIE?!”

Luckily I had the wherewithal to hop in the bed of a F-150 pickup truck and shoot from there, so when the office called and asked me to retreat I was able to inform them that I was perfectly safe. No way was I leaving, history was unfolding before my eyes and I’m a cameraman, it’s what I live for. So I continued shooting patriots as they stormed past me chanting “Fight for Trump. Fight for Trump…” and witnessed gas canisters exploding in the distance as the crowd overwhelmed the Capitol Police and broke into our hallowed halls of Congress.

It wasn’t until later that evening when I remembered that I had seen a roughly hewn gallows on the far eastern side of the Mall…..