As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her cell phone to record the sea of supporters of President Donald Trump storming America¡¯s bastion of democracy.

¡°We¡¯re going in,¡± said the 46-year-old Texas jailer, ¡°tear gas and all.¡±

Mathai, a jail lieutenant and 8-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff¡¯s Office, approached the Capitol steps last Wednesday as rioters in front of her breached barricades.