Harry Dunn, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who defended the building during the Jan. 6 riot, is joining a wide field seeking the seat being vacated by Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes in Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District.
Dunn, 40, who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Citizens Medal and published a memoir last year called “Standing my Ground,” announced his candidacy for the Democratic primary on Friday, almost exactly three years after a day that he said took a toll on his emotional health.
“On January 6th, 2021, I did my duty as a police officer and as an American and defended our nation’s Capitol from violent insurrectionists,” Dunn said in a release on Friday. “Today, I’m running for Congress because the forces that spurred that violent attack are still at work and as a patriotic American, it is my duty to defend our democracy.”
That’s an interesting district. It’s was one of our fine examples of Maryland Democratic gerrymandering and the incumbent just got removed from living in it after campaigning to nationally address gerrymandering, so he retired.
Godspeed good sir!
Site covered up all content with ads on mobile. Was this the guy that got the mob to chase him away from the route congress was fleeing down? If so, that’s some real clout.
You’re thinking of Eugene Goodman
No he is not. You are thinking of Eugene Goodman.
Harry Dunn had physical altercations with rioters. He testified for the Jan 6 committee and he wrote a book called standing my ground. (Source:wiki, all articles rn are about him running)
We dont need more cops in politics
I agree, except this guy showed great bavery and upheld the standard that we’ve been fighting for police to have. He could have run and hide, but he protected our democracy. We need more cops like him. Putting him in office may very well help us achieve that goal.
Go blow Paul Blart
There are no good cops
I disagree. Some cops are great, but because of police unions, the bad ones are protected and make it seem like they are mostly bad.
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The system within which they work is inherently and systemically racist. That system puts property above life and intends to secure and protect property at all costs. Indeed ACAB
That being said. If elected he will no longer be a cop and may in fact enact positive change for those in his district. Until I see his platform and his associates I withhold judgement as I believe all humans can reform and improve. When we dehumanize all people on the basis of their history and do not take their current behavior into account we are just as bad as the fascists we hate.
There are rare cases where officers change their stripes or naively enter into police work thinking they can reform departments from within.
Look to Sgt. Isaac Lambert and other whistleblowers that are now actively campaigning for either abolition or reform.
https://thecrimereport.org/2020/06/18/the-plight-of-the-police-whistleblower/
