DOJ charges man who allegedly sprayed chemicals at cops in Capitol riot

[DonViejo]

By Marshall Cohen, CNN

Updated 10:57 AM ET, Sun February 28, 2021

(CNN) - The Justice Department has charged a Texas man who was allegedly caught on video attacking a dozen police officers with a chemical spray during the Capitol insurrection, according to court records.

Federal prosecutors say Daniel Caldwell, 49, used a chemical spray against a line of officers that were blocking rioters from entering the Capitol. It happened amid a massive melee with police, who used batons and pepper spray to fend off the crowd, according to footage of the incident that was cited in court filings.

Hours after the riot, Caldwell spoke about the incident in a video that was posted to the far-right social media site Parler, according to prosecutors. The clip was among hundreds of videos later published by ProPublica.

"They sprayed us with pepper spray. Kept spraying. I was like, 'Dude, do it again and we spray you back.' And he did. And I sprayed back, got like 15 of them," Caldwell said in the video.

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[comradebillyboy]

1. It always amazes me when people go on social media

and brag about committing felonies. Did he think Trump would pardon him?

[jpak]

3. They are ALL fucking stupid

Yup

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. And proud* of it.

Bad combination.

* wonder if that’s where Roger Stone got the idea for their name.

[msfiddlestix]

2. I wonder if Calwell is suspected of murdering the Officer that was killed.

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Looks like that may be where this is headed.

Gonna suck to be that guy.

[msfiddlestix]

6. This

[Runningdawg]

7. At first I thought this incident was the one I witnessed on twitter the day of the insurrection

but still no mention of the 5 or 6 guys I saw holding down a cop, holding his head while one man sprayed SOMETHING directly up his nostrils, into his eyes and mouth, before they dropped him, kicked him in the head and left him on the ground.
Those people are STILL out there somewhere.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. If you can find that video again, I'm sure the FBI would like to see it.

[Runningdawg]

9. I have tried numerous times. There for a few hours it was so crazy I was watching

a half dozen devices at the same time. Although I am 99% certain it was Twitter, I've looked other places too. Within the first 24 hours Reddit announced they were archiving anything related to the insurrection, to send them what you had. I bet its there - somewhere and I surely hope the FBI and others are using that resource.