Florida man charged with setting off explosive device in Capitol tunnel during Jan. 6 riot

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/florida-man-charged-setting-explosive-device-jan-6-rcna82564

WASHINGTON — The FBI on Tuesday arrested a Florida man who federal authorities say set off an explosive device in a Capitol tunnel during a fierce battle between Trump supporters and law enforcement officers on Jan. 6.

Daniel Ball of Homosassa is charged with 12 counts, including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon; using an explosive to commit any felony; and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.

He is the only Jan. 6 defendant charged with setting off an explosive device during the attack on the Capitol.

Authorities say Ball, 38, "worked with other rioters to violently push against fully uniformed police officers attempting to keep individuals out of the Capitol Building" and then "threw an explosive device into the entranceway."

Several officers suffered effects from the explosion, the FBI said. One described “hearing impairment lasting months”; another described the pain of his ears ringing as a 10/10 on the pain scale and said that he temporarily lost his hearing and that his hearing was affected for at least two days. Another officer reported ringing in the ears for nearly three hours, while another said the ringing lasted far into the next day, according to the FBI.

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Just a tourist with love in his heart, right?

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. I don't know, but I guess I just have to know

What this guy has to say, if ever to get a fair and balanced view outside of my silo.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. This is the first I'm hearing about this.

[msfiddlestix]

3. Me too. Then I'm thinking it must be about those tear gas canisters, but do they explode?

I suppose they must, otherwise how else would they work?

And then I'm thinking, something like that set off in an environment with acoustics like a tunnel would be amplified to a very significant decimal level. Just playing an acoustic instrument in a tunnel as softly as possible is none the less greatly amplified.

But still, not hearing or reading any reports about explosives underground areas of the Capital isn't something I don't recall reading before.

Can't imagine the terror.

[MagickMuffin]

4. Any bets on what Daniel Ball's sentence will likely be?

20 months

36 months


I’d give him life for his disservice to American Democracy


Here’s the thug There are better pics out there but couldn’t post directly to du.