{"id":125017,"date":"2021-02-11T18:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T23:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125017"},"modified":"2021-02-11T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T23:27:44","slug":"eugene-goodman-and-other-officers-to-receive-congressional-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eugene-goodman-and-other-officers-to-receive-congressional-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene Goodman And Other Officers To Receive Congressional Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feugene-goodman-and-other-officers-to-receive-congressional-gold-medal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231088928.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This week, the second impeachment hearings of Donald Trump included new footage of the January 6 riots. As Democratic House managers made their case against the former president, viewers saw video evidence of dangerous moments as well as heroic ones. One of the names that circulated on Twitter and in the media is that of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/goodman-capitol-police-video\/2021\/01\/13\/08ab3eb6-546b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html\">Officer Eugene Goodman<\/a>, a Capitol Hill Police Officer who was caught on film acting courageously in two videos during his service at the U.S. Capitol on the day of the January riots.<\/p>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/national\/lone-capitol-police-officer-eugene-goodman-diverts-capitol-rioters\/2021\/01\/11\/ba67a5e8-5f9b-4a9a-a7b7-93549f6a81b3_video.html\">video<\/a> portrays Goodman diverting a mob as they enter the Capitol building. It was filmed by HuffPost political reporter Igor Bobic, and went viral in January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/goodman-capitol-police-video\/2021\/01\/13\/08ab3eb6-546b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a> described the video:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>For 85 tense seconds on Jan. 6, Goodman tried to hold back dozens of rioters\u2026twice retreating up a flight of stairs. Police experts say he wasn\u2019t fleeing, but luring the mob away from the Senate chambers, where lawmakers were sheltering and armed officers \u2014 including one with a semiautomatic weapon \u2014 were <a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/inside-capitol-siege\/2021\/01\/09\/e3ad3274-5283-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_8\">securing the doors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kirk D. Burkhalter, a professor at New York Law School and a former New York City police officer, told The Washington Post that Goodman\u2019s actions likely preempted what could have been a violent confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>After \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/goodman-capitol-police-video\/2021\/01\/13\/08ab3eb6-546b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html\">people across the world hail[ed] the officer as a hero<\/a>,\u201d he was given a special duty. On January 20, Officer Goodman escorted Vice President Kamala Harris at the Inauguration of the 46th President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2021\/02\/10\/mitt-romney-eugene-goodman-tapper-impeachment-trial-two-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/trumps-second-impeachment-trial\/\">second<\/a> video, widely distributed on Wednesday, shows an encounter between Goodman and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT). Goodman leads the senator away from a group of rioters. Romney can be seen heading toward the group, but Goodman intersects him and tells him to go in the opposite direction, away from potential harm.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think my family or my wife understood that I was as close as I might have been to real danger,\u201d Mr. Romney told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/eugene-goodman-capitol-police-congressional-gold-medal.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">reporters<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cThey were surprised and very, very appreciative of Officer Goodman, in his being there and directing me back to safety.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The officer and senator could be seen talking after Romney saw the videos on Wednesday. Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio also reportedly walked over and fist-bumped Officer Goodman.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/eugene-goodman-capitol-police-congressional-gold-medal.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">The New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cVeterans who served alongside Officer Goodman in the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq some 15 years ago say that the officer, known then as \u2018Goody,\u2019 never craved accolades.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mark Belda served with Officer Goodman in Iraq, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/eugene-goodman-capitol-police-congressional-gold-medal.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">commented<\/a> on his behavior at the Inauguration.&nbsp;\u201cI saw him come out in front of the vice president, and he immediately ducked to the right,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought, that\u2019s definitely Goody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Speaker Pelosi mentioned Officer Goodman when she introduced bipartisan legislation to award the Capitol Police, among other law enforcement personnel who served on January 6, the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is the highest honor of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the second impeachment hearings of Donald Trump included new footage of the January 6 riots. 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