Tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades were not part of Doug Dougherty's plan when he traveled to Washington, D.C. to join a rally protesting alleged fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
It was supposed to be peaceful, said the Orcutt resident and OASIS nonprofit CEO Thursday, speaking by phone from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport where he was boarding a plane to return home.
Dougherty, 41, instead found himself in the middle of rioting that breached the Capitol building Wednesday, saw 68 people arrested and left four people dead.
“I went there to pray for the Capitol and our elected officials,” he said. “We were just singing and praying, so we were like what’s going on?”
Describing his experience at the “Save America Rally,” an event organized by Alexandria, Virginia-based nonprofit Women For America First, Dougherty said the crowd began compacting itself and soon people were skirmishing with police, breaking down doors and storming the Capitol building.
The scene was “chaotic,” he said.

Orcutt resident and nonprofit CEO Doug Dougherty was in Washington D.C. Wednesday to witness Donald Trump supporters and others storm the U.S. Capitol, breaking down doors and clashing with police Jan. 6 following a nearby rally.
Dougherty made it out, he said, before he was seriously injured.
The Women for America First nonprofit denounced the violence.
“We unequivocally denounce violence of any type and under any circumstances,” said Chris Barron, the nonprofit’s spokesman. “We are saddened and disappointed at the violence that erupted on Capitol Hill, instigated by a handful of bad actors that transpired after the rally.”
Dougherty said the nonprofit was warned ahead of time that it could be infiltrated by instigators described as “antifa” posing as Trump supporters, information which was passed around in some internet forums and websites, although police haven’t confirmed the claims.
The crowd on Jan. 6 was at least 100,000, and included families with their children, according to Dougherty, who came to the rally with his brother and several others from the Santa Maria area.
Dougherty said he did not see anyone openly carrying firearms in the crowd, but said he witnessed objects such as thick, wooden axe handles disguised as poles attached to American flags.

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters and other groups stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday following a rally protesting alleged electoral fraud in the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election.
The initial police presence was small, he said, with little more than a dozen personnel guarding the Capitol, although they were soon backed up with scores of law enforcement personnel in riot gear.
How the gathering got out of hand is not exactly clear to Dougherty, but he blamed the disorder on provocateurs, as well as some right-wing extremists who meant to take advantage of the situation.
“As we got there, people kept coming and compressing us closer and closer and I believe that was part of the panic that led to the police starting their thing, and made everybody go haywire,” Dougherty said.
Dougherty witnessed the crowd make its way into the Capitol building and said he was surprised at how easy it was to open the door, which he believes was unlocked. Dougherty never went inside the Capitol building, he said, but pleaded with others to stop.
“We tried to stop some of them as best we could,” Dougherty said.

Orcutt resident and nonprofit CEO Doug Dougherty watched as thousands of people stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
That’s when police tossed tear gas and stun grenades.
“The next thing you’re smelling is this weird smell and your face is just burning,” Dougherty said. “We walked into the furnace.”
Dougherty escaped the scene shortly before 3 p.m. and noticed more police gearing up in nearby parking lots.
He decried the violence and the vandalism, but said he hopes the event will serve as a wake-up call to American citizens.
“The majority of us were horrified and sickened by everything and felt pretty helpless,” Dougherty said. “We didn’t want to be associated with anything like that.”
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A moment in America, unimaginable but perhaps inevitable

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A coalition of senators and senators-elect have pledged to reject the results.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence arrive to officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands watch on Independence Avenue before dawn as the House and Senate prepare to convene a joint session to count the electoral votes cast in November's election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)