Who is Michael Fanone and why is CNN pushing his story?
Somehow I missed noticing this guy. I guess a lot of other people did too because the story did not get much traction back in January. Everybody was too focused on the execution of Ashli Babbitt and the fake fire extinguisher beatdown of Officer Brian Sicknick. Now CNN is pushing this guy hard. Don Lemon managed to snag a cop cam video. How? Who leaked it? Is this an attempt to get ahead of the possible release of thousands of hours of Capitol Hill surveillance footage from January 6? The story begins on January 15 with this CNN piece featuring Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges who struggled with the rioters in and near a tunnel entrance.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/5sDtG-KbFHU
That poor guy got stuck in a door and was screaming like he was in a scene from a cheap Grade B horror film. Another officer named Christine Laury claimed (at 5:27) that she saw pitchforks. Hokay. No need to wonder why this story didn't get traction. Don Lemon picked up the story again on April 28 in this interview with Fanone who is claiming to be suffering from PTSD (who writes his material?).
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wisHg04b_S8
On May 5, Fanone sent a letter to Congress.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/6/2029221/Even-as-I-write-this-it-brings-me-to-tears-police-officer-Michael-Fanone-pens-letter-to-Congress–
One week later (May 12), Don Lemon aired the cop cam video. Is this starting to look like a publicity campaign?
https://twitter.com/CNNTonight/status/1392665192337707010
360p: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1392664878100500480/vid/640x360/CSPnsGTyj24EcXmr.mp4?tag=14
720p: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1392664878100500480/vid/1280x720/sZLVlUCufGRkZ-0o.mp4?tag=14
The day after (May 13), Lemon interviewed Fanone again (in two parts).
https://twitter.com/CNNTonight/status/1393034155097825280
360p: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1393033715920560129/vid/640x360/6iCMB3YFhHACJXGi.mp4?tag=14
720p: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1393033715920560129/vid/1280x720/BrposjCsLM2SebW6.mp4?tag=14
https://twitter.com/CNNTonight/status/1393045929301733380
360p: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1393045519640014852/vid/640x360/aYvshI4oYOE_Ssoj.mp4?tag=14
720p: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1393045519640014852/vid/1280x720/FLL1M-agxE0zZzgH.mp4?tag=14
Lemon looks like he wants to go to sleep and Fanone appears disinterested. Kek. They're bored of trying to hype this up. Lemon just announced that he will no longer be hosting his own show. Coincidence? Michael Fanone is married to Hsin-Yi Wang. Hmm. Chinese handler? Is this worth digging into? I dunno but it kinda stinks.
http://arealnews.com/michael-fanone/