A Man Who Allegedly Maced Police Officers During The Capitol Coup Attempt Has Been Arrested

[Wicked Blue]

Buzzfeed News
Julia Reinstein BuzzFeed News Reporter

A man who was filmed macing police officers during the attempted coup at the US Capitol last month was arrested by the FBI on Thursday, authorities said.

Peter Schwartz, a 47-year-old from Owensboro, Kentucky, faces numerous charges, including one for forcibly assaulting an officer.

According to an affidavit, Schwartz was part of a mob that swarmed officers outside the entrance to the Capitol, yelling at the authorities while striking and spraying them with harmful substances.

Video of the incident, which was posted on YouTube and reviewed by federal agents, apparently shows Schwartz being handed a canister of Mace and spraying the officers with it. One officer appears to get hit, take a step back, and turn away to avoid inhaling the spray.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/capitol-arrest-mace-cops

[denbot]

1. .

[TomSlick]

2. This was my first thought.

Great minds and all.

[cwydro]

3. Another one with a criminal history.

How does everyone feel about these felons involved in the insurrection keeping their right to vote?

[TwilightZone]

6. As long as they're in prison...

I don't really care.

He probably didn't vote anyway. That's turned out to be the case for several of those arrested thus far.

[cwydro]

7. I read about that too. Pretty damn funny.

Hypocrites.

[dalton99a]

4. Another 'patriot' with a violent criminal record

On Jan. 11, a friend of his tipped off the FBI as to his identity, telling authorities Schwartz had owed him money, according to the affidavit. The friend said Schwartz told him he went to the Capitol, saying there were “more people [there] than voted for Biden.”

This is not the first time Schwartz has been charged with a violent crime. In April 2020 in Owensboro, he was found guilty of making a terroristic threat and being a felon in possession of a handgun after he had "made verbal threats to kill [his girlfriend] and her son," according to court records viewed by BuzzFeed News.

Schwartz was sentenced to two years of probation for the incident.

It is unclear what the prior conviction was that led to the "felon in possession," charge. John D. Austin, an attorney who represented Schwartz in the April case, told BuzzFeed News he did not recall what it was.

On Jan. 28, a warrant was issued for Schwartz's arrest for violating his probation. He was arrested Thursday in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where he appeared in front of a judge, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. It is not clear what Schwartz was doing in the city.

[TwilightZone]

5. He has a prior conviction for threatening to kill his girlfriend and her son.

He's toast.

Hope you like prison, dude.

[Leghorn21]

8. Bye bye bye, motherfucker

The “Sedition Hunters” twitter account calls him “BearSprayGuy”...

Here’s a shot of him in the act:




Bear spray is a specific aerosol bear deterrent, whose active ingredients are capsaicin and related capsaicinoids, that is used to deter aggressive or charging bears.

Have a nice rest-of-your-shitty-life, LOSER