Arkansas man arrested in attack on D.C. police officer at Capitol

[herding cats]

Source: Arkansas Times

The Wall Street Journal reports that an Arkansas man, Peter Francis Stager, has been charged in federal court in Washington with obstructing a law officer in the Capitol riot Jan. 6

He’s alleged to have beaten a Washington police officer guarding a Capitol entrance with an American flag attached to a pole.

A man identified in court documents as Peter Stager allegedly partook in the riot and assaulted the officer from the Washington, D.C., police department. The officer was guarding an entrance of the U.S. Capitol after 4 p.m., when members of the mob grabbed him, dragged him down a set of stairs, forced him into a prone position and proceeded to forcibly and repeatedly strike him, according to the affidavit of FBI special agent Jason Coe. The document identified the Washington police officer only as B.M., saying it was anonymizing victims and witnesses.



A confidential informant notified the FBI on Tuesday that they recognized Mr. Stager from videos posted online in social media , and from another video in which Mr. Stager allegedly said: “Everybody in there is a treasonous traitor. Death is the only remedy for what’s in that building.”


Read more: https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/01/14/arkansas-man-arrested-in-attack-on-d-c-police-officer-at-capitol

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The stupidity of their excuses is truly mind boggling.

[brewens]

1. Any word on what his (hopefully) former occupation was? n/t

[C Moon]

5. Sasquatch impersonator.

[brewens]

8. Hey! I resemble that remark! One of my nicknames is ScottSquatch. I named my fantasy football

team that anyway. Not so much any more though. I shaved and took a bath.

[C Moon]

9. :D I hesitated saying that because I thought someone would say what you did.

Sorry!

[GeorgeGist]

2. Like dear leader says...

His followers are "lowlifes".

[ZenDem]

3. Sounds like 1st Degree Attempted Murder...

"Death is the only remedy for what's in that building."

His attack on anyone would have been premeditated. It was a cop, so...someone will want to stick something on him besides aggravated assault.

[IronLionZion]

4. So much for back the blue

these people are terrorists. Hope that cop is OK.

[Leghorn21]

6. YES!!!

Great news!!

BYE BYE FUCKER

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Another one bites the dust. Glad they arrested one more seditious attempted murderer. Using...

an American flag and pole to beat a policeman doesn't strike me as a smart move,
especially if you claim to "back the Blue"!

[dreamland]

10. Does it matter if it was Antifa or not? He was still beating someone.

Weird excuse to try to kill somebody.