Meet The Trump Fanatic Who Tasered A Cop At The Capitol Insurrection

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Ryan J. Reilly
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NEW: Meet Danny “DJ” Rodriguez, the MAGA hatted Trump fanatic who brawled with cops, smashed out a Capitol window, and appeared to tase D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone in the neck during the insurrection. Story with @JessReports:

Revealed: Meet The Trump Fanatic Who Tasered A Cop At The Capitol Insurrection
Danny "DJ" Rodriguez brawled with cops, tried to smash out a Capitol window, and assaulted a police officer on Jan. 6. He’s still at large.
huffpost.com
1:53 PM · Feb 26, 2021

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fanone-taser-maga-trump-capitol_n_6037bb23c5b69ac3d35cdb71?h6a

The man in the red “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat seemed to think he was untouchable. He joined the mob as they yelled “HEAVE! HO!” and tried to force their way through a police line into the Capitol building. Once inside, he used a pole to ram against a window, trying to shatter it and bring more people into the Capitol. In the most disturbing footage of all, he was caught on camera appearing to shock D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone with a stun gun. As rioters push Fanone down the stairs and away from other cops, video shows the man in the red cap pressing a small black device against the officer’s neck. Fanone instantly drops to the ground, swallowed by the mob.

The story of Fanone’s battle with Donald Trump supporters trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election went viral soon after their Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol that day, hoping to aid his fellow officers in a fight he’d later describe as “some medieval shit.” Fanone recalled a man yelling to other rioters to kill him with his own gun. “I have kids!” Fanone screamed, wondering if he’d ever see his four daughters again. He was beaten. He described being tasered in the neck. He suffered a mild heart attack.

His assailant in the red MAGA hat, who has been at large since the insurrection, is 38-year-old Daniel Joseph Rodriguez from Fontana, California, HuffPost can confirm.

Rodriguez, who goes by “Danny” and “DJ,” is well known among Trump supporters in the Los Angeles area as a superfan of the former president. Multiple news outlets have featured him in their coverage of the local pro-Trump movement in recent years, in articles that included his name and photo. He regularly attended the weekly Trump rallies in Beverly Hills last year. He was recognizable there by his dark-rimmed glasses and the many distinctive pins on his hat, which has a big GOP elephant symbol on the brim.

Videos from the attack on the Capitol, as highlighted by the sleuthing group Deep State Dogs and anti-fascist activists, show a man who’s identical to Rodriguez wearing the same glasses, hat, pins and sticker. In the clip of him trying to bust out the window, he yells, “Get in here!” Another video shows him picking up furniture and distributing it to fellow rioters, seemingly to use as battering tools.

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[ace3csusm]

1. Does this guy not get he is not white and he is supporting a side that will never accept

him, he would be the first to be sent away it they where able to obtain power...Thanks for all you did to help us but Make AMerica Great Again means not having your kind ...Idiots

[UpInArms]

2. And, what about

Jessica Watkins ... a transgender woman ????

I am just .... baffled.

[David__77]

6. Fascism can include trans people and many others.

The heart of a fascist movement need not be race or patriarchy.

[gratuitous]

3. Better sleep with one eye open, Danny

Not that it will do any good.

Looking forward to his whiny excuses about being duped or he was just walking by and thought the building was open or some other mewling "don't blame me" pouting.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. You Forgot One!

We have to wait for "I found the stun gun on the floor & was trying to give it back to a cop!"
Like one of the zip tie fools claimed.

[PatSeg]

7. Such courageous patriots

Fighting for "freedom" seemed like a good idea until they got caught. Then they go all wimpy and pitiful. I guess it is easy to be tough when you are backed up by your insurrectionist pals.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. K&R

[crickets]

8. K&R for visibility.