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UpInArms

(51,289 posts)
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 06:47 PM Mar 2021

Feds charge man who claimed he dressed up like Antifa and beat, stole gear from police during Capito

Feds charge man who claimed he dressed up like Antifa and beat, stole gear from police during Capitol riot

(CNN)South Carolinian William Robert Norwood III is facing federal charges after allegedly telling a family member he assaulted and stole gear from police officers during the Capitol riot.

"I'm dressing in all black," Norwood wrote under the name "Robbie" on January 5, the day before the riot and insurrection, according to text messages cited in an FBI affidavit. "I'll look just like ANTIFA. I'll get away with anything."

After the riot on January 6, additional text messages obtained by the FBI show Norwood claimed he tested his theory.

"I got away with things that others were shot or arrested for," Norwood wrote, according to the affidavit.

Norwood repeatedly claimed in the text messages the only reason why police allowed him to assault him was because he was dressed like Antifa.

"I fought 4 cops, they did nothing," Norwood went onto say, according to the affidavit. "When I put my red hat on, they pepper balled me."

He also claimed that he witnessed Ashli Babbitt being shot, saying that the police officer, "allowed 'ANTIFA Trump supporters' to assault him."

Norwood went onto to claim that he was "one of them" that assaulted the officer.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/politics/capitol-riot-antifa-defendant-trnd/index.html
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Feds charge man who claimed he dressed up like Antifa and beat, stole gear from police during Capito (Original Post) UpInArms Mar 2021 OP
Sure, dude. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #1
How does Antifa dress? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 #2

TwilightZone

(25,509 posts)
1. Sure, dude.
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 06:54 PM
Mar 2021

These guys can't even lie convincingly. Four cops let him beat them?

Sure, dude, whatever. Enjoy prison.

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