An urgent warning about the growing threat to our democracy from a twenty-year police veteran and former diehard Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th. When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no idea his life was about to change. When he got to the front of the line, he urged his fellow officers to hold it against the growing crowd of insurrectionists—until he found himself pulled into the mob, tased until he had a heart attack, and viciously beaten with a Blue Lives Matter flag as shouts to kill him rang out. Now, Fanone is ready to tell the full story of that fateful day, along with exploring our country’s most critical issues as someone who has had firsthand experience with many of them. A self-described redneck who voted for Trump in 2016, Fanone’s closest friend was an informant—a Black, transgender, HIV-positive woman who has helped him mature and rethink his methods as a police officer. With his unique insight as an undercover detective and intense desire to do the right thing no matter the cost, Fanone provides a nuanced look into everything from policing to race to politics in a way that is accessible across all party lines. Determined to make sure no one forgets what happened at the Capitol on January 6th, Fanone has written a timely call to action for anyone who wants to preserve our democracy for future generations.
Author(s): Michael Fanone, John Shiffman
Publisher: Simon Schister
Year: 2022
Dedication
Epigraph
Prologue: June 2021
Part I: Before
Chapter 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 2: Capitol Cop
Chapter 3: The First District
Chapter 4: Vice
Chapter 5: Leslie
Chapter 6: White Privilege
Chapter 7: Black Lives Matter
Chapter 8: Bunker Mentality
Part II: During
Chapter 9: “Let’s Hope Things Stay Calm”
Chapter 10: “10-33”
Chapter 11: Patriots
Chapter 12: “Hold the Line”
Chapter 13: “Kill Him with His Own Gun”
Chapter 14: “My Neck Hurts So Bad”
Part III: After
Chapter 15: Recovery
Chapter 16: Trauma Is Trauma
Chapter 17: An Army of Morons
Chapter 18: Good Trouble
Chapter 19: Hearts and Minds
Chapter 20: Betrayal
Chapter 21: Testimony
Chapter 22: Truth and Consequences
Chapter 23: Time to Go
Epilogue: “Legitimate Political Discourse”
Photographs
Appendix I: Wanted by the FBI
Appendix II: Ribbon of Valor Honorees
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Photo Credits
Copyright
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index
