Hero Capitol Police Officer – Eugene Goodman
Present at Joe Biden’s Inauguration January 20, 2021
Source February 12, 2021: ALANA WISE – NPR,Twitter
Two weeks after Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman potentially saved lives while face-to-face with a violent mob at the U.S. Capitol, he returned to the building as the escort for Vice President Kamala Harris on Inauguration Day.
Goodman, who was lauded as a hero for leading the rioters away from an unguarded Senate door on January 6, 2021 is escorting Harris for the day as she makes history as the nation’s first female Vice President and first Black and South Asian Vice President.
The military veteran also is escorting Harris as part of his new duties as Acting Deputy House Sergeant-at-Arms. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced a day after the riot that the previous House Sergeant-at-Arms, Paul D. Irving, was resigning in the wake of the security failure.
The position is a significant promotion for the former Capitol officer, whom a group of lawmakers are seeking to award the Congressional Gold Medal for his actions.
On Wednesday, Goodman could be seen wearing a camel-colored overcoat and blue scarf as he escorted Harris up the steps of the Capitol ahead of her swearing-in ceremony.
The officer was praised for his quick thinking after a video recorded during the storming of the Capitol showed him walking backward up the steps to the second floor of the building while trying to keep the rioters at bay.Scott Stump by Taboola Sponsored Stories.
The Senate has voted unanimously to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman with a Congressional Gold Medal, the institution’s highest civilian honor, for his actions to protect the Congress during the deadly Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.
Goodman was greeted in the Senate chamber on Friday with a standing ovation for his actions, which have been praised on both sides of the aisle as heroic and likely lifesaving.
