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Jan. 6 rioters who U.S. says ‘ignited’ path for Capitol attack convicted
Ryan Samsel was among a group who overwhelmed five officers at Peace Circle, seriously injuring one of them
They were five men from five different states who’d never met each other. But on Jan. 6, 2021, they found themselves together at the front of the angry push by rioters toward the U.S. Capitol. And together, video showed, they lifted a line of five linked barriers and heaved them into a group of five Capitol Police officers with such force that one of the officers went airborne, striking her head and falling briefly unconscious.
