Michael Fanone

Michael Fanone (born September 3, 1980) is an American law enforcement analyst and former police officer, who is currently a CNN on-air contributor. He worked for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from 2001 to 2021. During the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Fanone was dragged by a mob down the Capitol steps, beaten with pipes, stunned with a Taser and threatened with his own gun. He had a heart attack.

Quotes

• I was grabbed, beaten, Tased, all while being called a traitor to my country, I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm, as I heard chants of, ‘Kill him with his own gun.’
  • 27 July 2021 testimony reported by CNBC

• Josh Hawley is a bitch and he ran like a bitch.
  • 22 July 2022 in KansasCity.com article Josh Hawley’s response to being mocked for the Jan. 6 running video? Fundraising off it. regarding Republican senator from Missouri

About

• Officers Michael Fanone and Lila Morris, and Officer Harry Dunn with Nancy Pelosi. Morris was filmed beating Rosanne Boyland with a stick before her death.
  • 10 February 2022 by Jim Hoft