Her face disappears into the blaze of the flashlight’s glare. Police push her comrades back. “She needs fucking help!” the videographer screams. He is filming a policeman’s leg. Another voice says, “She’s gone!” Another shouts, “We gotta get EMS here”—oblivious to the fact that it is his presence, and that of the hundreds with him, the patriots—the rioters—the insurrectionists—who make that impossible.
