PA Retired firefighter arrested for throwing fire extinguisher that hit 3 officers in the head

[Johnny2X2X]

Charged with 3 felonies. Sicknick may have been hit with this one, but was also beaten with a second fire extinguisher.

Link to tweet

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[Phoenix61]

1. Not Sicknick. Different incident. nt

[LisaL]

2. Not Sicknick's attack.

Other cops were hit on the head, they didn't die.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Different incident, different fire extinguisher.

[jcgoldie]

4. Its not the one that killed Sicknick

[greenjar_01]

5. This was not the Sicknick incident

This incident did not involve Officer Brian Sicknick, who was separately hit in the head by rioters with a fire extinguisher during the mayhem. Sicknick, who later succumbed to his wounds, was one of five people who died last Wednesday. The other four were pro-Trump protesters, including Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a police officer after attempting to break into the Speaker’s Lobby.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-firefighter-robert-sanford-arrested-for-allegedly-hurling-fire-extinguisher-at-cops-during-capitol-riots

It was, oddly enough, a different incident of fire extinguisher hitting police!

[DeminPennswoods]

6. CFD is Chester (PA) fire dept

it would appear.

[LisaL]

9. CFD stands for Chicago Fire Department.

At least that's what the hat is designed for. Anybody can buy the hat. The guy also had his last name written on the back of the hat.

[DeminPennswoods]

14. C can also stand for Chester

regardless of who the hat was designated to represent.

[LisaL]

15. His last name being on the back of his hat was a better ID anyway.

NT

[Spider Jerusalem]

25. Not in thie case if he was retired from the Chester Fire Department?

I can't see someone having their name stitched or tagged onto a cap from an organisation they were never a member of.

[LisaL]

28. The hat is sold on numerous websites.

The CDF letters on the hat are supposed to represent a Chicago Fire Department. But it's not an official hat of Chicago Fire Deparment.
Anybody can buy that hat, including someone from Chester Fire Department. The fire extinguisher throwing guy further modified that hat with his last name written on the back of it.

[Spider Jerusalem]

29. No, it doesn't!

Jesus fuck. THIS is for the Chicago Fire Department (same thing in multiple Ebay listings and on various websites):



I don't see why you'd try to argue that "CFD" in a different style of lettering has to stand for "Chicago" when this guy was retired from the CHESTER fire department (also initialised as "CFD&quot .

[LisaL]

32. That's not the same freaking hat I am talking about, is it?

Jeez.

[Srkdqltr]

7. So there are more to find.

[malaise]

8. I heard that one of the cops has lost sight in one eye

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Lock them the fuck up

[soothsayer]

22. Jeezus

[Johnny2X2X]

10. Changes title

Jeesh. Multiple incidents with fire extinguishers.

[Jim__]

11. 3 felonies - good. If convicted, I hope he does real time. - n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[samnsara]

13. i hope there are more serious charges coming..

[yellowcanine]

21. what I heard was the prosecutors are doing the easy charges first but more serious charges

will be forthcoming after more investigation. You don't want to jump the gun with the heavy stuff and not have it stick for lack of evidence.

[ananda]

16. Finally!

Good!

[yellowcanine]

17. What a betrayal of trust. Fire Fighters depend on police to have their backs. And vice versa.

I trust the judge will consider that when he throws the book at this guy.

[LisaL]

19. Appears to be a very angry individual.

Daily mail had other videos of him at the riot.

[yellowcanine]

20. Lock him up with some rogue cops. See how that works out for him.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

18. Yay!

[lindysalsagal]

23. They're gonna catch everyone involved.

I hope the monsters are all terrified if not already in custody.

[Marrah_Goodman]

24. Hope he goes to jail for a long damn time.

[russiamommy]

26. Glad to see it, but stupid question

Why are they carrying around all these fire extinguishers? Those things are heavy. It’s not exactly the first thing I would pack when going to a protest. Unless, of course, you’re expecting to be around fires.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

27. Nice friend he has. Lol

Probably knows this guy is a major league jagoff.

A friend of Mr. Sanford’s tipped off the FBI to his involvement, the document said, adding that he was around 55-years old and had recently retired from the Chester Fire Department.

The tipster relayed to the FBI in an interview that Mr. Sanford had told his friend that he had traveled to Washington, D.C., with a group of people on a bus, that the group had gone to the White House and listened to President Trump’s speech “and then had followed the President’s instructions and gone to the Capitol,” the statement said.

[cwydro]

30. DU was convinced this guy worked for Chicago FD.

A friend of mine has an NYFD hat...she’s never been a firefighter, nor does she live in NY.

[LisaL]

31. This guy is a retired fire fighter.

From Chester FD.

[cwydro]

34. I know. DU had numerous posts yesterday naming him as a Chicago firefighter.

Exactly my point.

[LisaL]

35. Internets identified a wrong guy from Chicago Fire Department.

I never believed it was the correct person. There was a decent resemblance in the face but the one from Chicago looked to be much taller and bigger.

[cwydro]

36. Yes, and it was posted again and again here on DU.

Again, my point exactly.

This “ID” by social media is bad news.

[LisaL]

37. It certainly could be bad news.

But when videos and photos are released, and FBI is asking for help, there are bound to be wrongly identified, unfortunately.

[cwydro]

38. People don't have to post every damn thing they see on Twitter.

I feel very badly for those who get caught up in these modern day witch hunts.

Also yesterday, DU told me that the fire extinguisher incident being shown is the one that killed Sicknick, which it is NOT.

DU posters used to take pride in posting verifiable information back in the day. I see that less and less these days.

[BlueIdaho]

33. "Hello Walls"

“Hello cellmate, hello yard time, hello 5 to 10.”

[scipan]

39. It doesn't say "in the head". That would be an

incredibly lucky /unlucky throw.