Michigan man accused of assaulting police officer with flagpole in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

[RandySF]

A recently-arrested Michigan man faces several felony and misdemeanor charges – including assaulting a police officer with a flagpole – stemming from his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots on Capitol Hill.

Jeremy Rodgers, 28, of Midland is charged with assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and an act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Rodgers is also charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, an act of physical violence in a Capitol building or on Capitol grounds and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, officials said in a news release.

Rodgers was arrested in Orlando, Florida and made his first court appearance Friday, June 30 in the Middle District of Florida, officials said.



https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/07/michigan-man-accused-of-assaulting-police-officer-with-flagpole-in-jan-6-capitol-riot.html

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Fool Probably Thought He Skated Away

Then almost 2 & 1/2 years later, he gets nailed.
Just great!

[Tetrachloride]

2. hi all -- regarding missing Jan 6 insurrectionists,

how many are there and is there a simple gallery?

today I saw an American in the most crappy clothes that i have seen in 3+ years. Color me suspicious

[bottomofthehill]

3. Tick Tock 1/6 Motherfuckers. The law is still coming for you 30 months later.

Looks like Mr Rodgers is going to be spending some real time on the inside. Assaulting an officer with a flagpole. Should be worth around 5 years. Lots of counts of, with a dangerous weapon.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Go fuck yourself Mr Rodgers I hope you serve a long and miserable prison sentence. I hope it is awful, you are scared and your life sucks. You are a piece of shit.

[usonian]

4. Assholes of a feather

I remember the famous photo of a moron attacking a man in Boston with a flagpole. Story below.



http://dragonwolf121.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-soiling-of-old-glory.html

The name of this image is The Soiling of Old Glory, taken by Stanley Forman in 1976 during a series of protests against court-ordered desegrated busing and the winner of 1977 Pulitzer Prize.

The man under attack in the image is Ted C. Landsmark, a remarkable Boston figure who is a lawyer, a civil rights activist, and the president of the Boston Architectural College. Back in 1976, he was also the properietor of a small, non-profit Boston art gallery who sent all monetary benefits to the artists that displayed in it. This art gallery had only one employee-- my mother, then only twenty-four years old, getting her masters in fine art downtown. She says he was a very cool man. And I think it's cool that she knew him.

Posted by Phoebe at 9:41 PM