[영상]Goodman, a US hero blocked by protesters alone, defended Harris this time

On the 20th (local time), at the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Joe Biden, there is a man who caught his attention. This is Eugene Goodman, 40, a black police officer serving Vice President Kamala Harris.

CNN broadcasts that relayed the site of the inauguration ceremony and introduced Goodman, who stood by when Vice President Harris entered, as “a policeman who emerged as a hero in the invasion of the Capitol Hill.”

Goodman confronted protesters alone on the first floor of the building on the 6th when supporters of former President Donald Trump pushed into the Capitol. They tried to block the way up to the Senate hall, but it was not enough to deal with dozens of people alone.

At that time, Goodman showed wit. Deliberately aroused a man standing at the front of the protesters, causing the protesters to follow him.

On the second floor, he quickly checked that the door of the Senate hall was open and led the protesters to the other side of the room. Thanks to Goodman’s attention to the protesters, the Senate was able to lock the door of the conference hall and ensure safety.

According to the Washington Post (WP), protesters moved to the opposite side of the Senate hall at 2:14 pm, and the hall was closed a minute later.

The appearance of Goodman against the protesters was filmed by HuffPost’s Eiger Bovik and posted on social media. Congress and netizens praised him as a hero, and Goodman was promoted to the Senate Police Deputy Director, In-Ja Lee in charge of security and security in the Senate.

Goodman, who has worked as a parliamentary policeman since 2011, is a veteran of the Iraq War.

Former New York policewoman Kirk D. Burgharter, a professor at the New York University Law School, said that Goodman effectively defeated the protesters by using three military strategies simultaneously.

Goodman chose to expel opponents rather than one-to-many fights, announced his location to his colleagues while on the move, and went into repression immediately after the security of the lawmakers was secured.

In particular, he said that moving backwards without showing his back even in a situation where the protesters were threatening and chasing it seemed to be an intentional action to lure the enemy. In addition, after going up to the second floor, it was evaluated that it was an excellent response to quickly review the situation at the conference hall without the protesters noticing.

In an interview with WP, Professor Burgharter said, “Knowing a strategy and implementing it is a different matter,” and “His quick judgment and decisive action prevented a greater sacrifice.”

Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]