Officer Michael Fanone

exhibit · Jan 6, 2021

Page 5 of timeline. Describes hallway with people in black gear Ryan assumed were Antifa agitators (police above not caring); people screaming someone was being killed and coming out bloody; crowd sprayed repeatedly, Ryan sprayed directly, took a canister and sprayed twice to neutralize a sprayer giving them a taste of their own medicine. KEY: saw Officer Michael Fanone being pulled out of hallway with people screaming Kill him with his own gun, Ryan and Alex jumped in to stop the angry mob from killing him, yelled to send him to top of stairs and to not kill him.

exhibit

Ryan Nichols' first-person handwritten timeline of GoPro 360 footage showing Officer Michael Fanone being pulled down stairs and Ryan rescuing him in a non-fighting/rescue posture. Critical exculpatory evidence supporting compensation claim - Ryan was a Fanone rescuer, not attacker.

exhibit

Detailed video timeline naming Anthony Antonio (Trump 2020 scarf, same as Waldo), older man on ledge directing traffic, Alex & Ryan entering hallway, Fanone being pulled into crowd at 3:18-3:21 PM. Anthony Antonio telling crowd "this is a peaceful protest now", crowd believed people inside were peaceful.

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Page 2 of Ryan's Fanone rescue narrative: yelling to stop hitting him, pointing out original attacker, Fanone pushing back at assailant, Alex moving flag pole away, spotting an MPD officer. Direct exculpatory evidence.

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Page 3 of Ryan's Fanone rescue narrative. Documents Ryan and another man going up to help, Ryan backing away after Fanone is OK, and Ryan pointing out hostile attackers reaching over rail to hit police. Continued exculpatory evidence.

discovery

Handwritten discovery list naming specific Capitol Police bodycam tags (X6039BJJV, X6039B9NO, X6039BF8H) and named officers/officials: Roseanne, Fanone, Robert Reeder, Hogan. Demands FBI Form 321/FD-1023 CHS (Confidential Human Source) reporting documentation KL000239.

discovery

Detailed timestamp log of a 4K60fps video titled "Patriots Storm US Capitol" identifying Ryan Nichols, Alex Harkrider (codefendant), Matthew Miller, Jake, Rosanne, Officer Fanone (helmet 3603), Roseann being trampled, civilians with shields, and a sprayed man with bloody head.

letter

Page 2 of Leadership Role statement. Says he wasn't a leader at Capitol, names Officer Fanone (whom he helped save), notes that when Trump tweeted to go home and Mayor Bowser declared curfew, people listened and left INCLUDING us. Also references his own bullhorn use.

exhibit

Page 1 of detailed video-timecode log titled Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint. Actual time 16:02:34 Ryan sprays. 7min 43sec: Is Fanone in hallway? Left hand side. White shirt cop starts assaulting helpless woman with baton and fists. Relentless - Woman in Red shirt. Officer on ledge grabs baton of white shirt cop after he hit protestors 7 times in the head. 9:30 video time: officer in white shirt has struck 28 times. 11:24 officer punches woman in red shirt with left hand. 14:01 officer batons man out of tunnel in back and back of the head - Helmet #4011.

discovery

Continuation of bodycam discovery log titled "Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint" cataloging timestamps, helmet numbers, and officer behavior including spraying civilians with hands up, lieutenant rank, baton strikes to protester face.

exhibit

Handwritten Jan 6 Timeline page 2 by Ryan Nichols detailing the tunnel/stairwell incident: Officer Fanone being pulled down, helping him, heave-ho call, being sprayed multiple times by officer on ledge, with detailed video timestamps.