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The website of the U.S. Mint has removed medals honoring the police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. "Former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who was injured by the (flipboard.social)
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The website of the U.S. Mint has removed medals honoring the police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. "Former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who was injured by the mob on Jan. 6, told NBC News that he tried to purchase a number of the replica medals this week, planning to hand them out as gifts, and was surprised to see they were no longer available." Gonell says the erasure of the medals fits a broader pattern. Here's NBC's full story.

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