Crime and Punishment: Insurrection Day's Most Wanted, Pt. 36

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2. Ex-Cop Charged in Riot Joined Proud Boys While on Force

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A Florida man arrested for allegedly breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and hitting a police officer inside is himself a former cop who joined the Proud Boys while still serving on the force, chat logs tied to the far-right group reveal.

Nathan Tuck, 29, was arrested this week in connection with the storming of the Capitol, as was his father, Kevin. The elder Tuck was a police officer with the Windermere, Florida, police department until he resigned after his arrest on Thursday. Nathan Tuck, meanwhile, served as a police officer in Apopka, Florida, until September 2020. Following his arrest, the Apopka Police Department released a statement noting that Tuck was not on the force during the Capitol riot.

“Mr. Tuck was employed by the Apopka Police Department as a full-time police officer from March 19, 2018 to August 22, 2020,” the Apopka Police Department statement read. “Mr. Tuck resigned from the Apopka Police Department as a full-time police officer, but remained a reserve officer from August 22, 200 to September 18, 2020. Mr. Tuck was not employed by the Apopka Police Department at the time of the incident that led to his arrest.”

The younger Tuck was, however, a police officer when he filed an application to join the Proud Boys, according to chat logs reviewed by The Daily Beast. In that application, in the summer of 2019, Tuck indicated that he wished to join the far-right paramilitary group because he hoped to beat up opponents on the left.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-florida-cop-nathan-tuck-charged-in-capitol-riot-joined-proud-boys-while-on-force?via=twitter_page

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