The Insurrectionist, a One-Man Wrecking Ball

EP McKnight, MEd
Writers’ Blokke
Published in
4 min readOct 19, 2022

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How one insurrectionist, Kyle Young, ended a Capitol officer’s career.

Photo by USA Today

The insurrection Day, January 6, 2021, will go down in history as one of the worst days in American history. A coup was spearheaded by a former president to stay in power after the public used their voting power to communicate that his term was over. Having the inability to accept defeat or “no”, he riled up various racist groups, like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Qanon, and other right wings groups, anti-democracy conspiracy theorists, and some GOP White House staff, and their affiliates, to perpetuate his lies and to overthrow the election results.

As the world looked on, thousands of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol. It was like watching wild animals breaking windows, climbing onto the capitol‘s roof and balcony’, hanging on the side of the Capitol, some constructed a noose to hang former Vice President, Mike Pence, sitting in White House staff officials’ offices doing photo ops and videotaping, waving all types of confederate flags, Nazi symbols, and all were adorned with tactical gear like from a medieval event.

Fast forward, the FBI since that day has been rounding these insurrectionists up. It may take a lifetime as there were so many, too many to count. The insurrectionists were brazen enough to post their videos and photos on social…

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EP McKnight, MEd
Writers’ Blokke

Actress, Stage playwright, Author, Motivational Speaker, Teacher Fitness Coach. www.epmcknight.wixsite.epfitspiration Follow me: Tiktok, imdb.me/epmcknight