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TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts)
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 06:17 PM Oct 2021

Capitol Rioter Pleads Guilty To Assaulting DC Officers

From the Department of Justice:

A Florida man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement with dangerous weapons during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

According to court documents, Robert Scott Palmer, 54, of Largo, was among rioters outside the U.S. Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6. At approximately 4:53 p.m., he was standing near the archway leading from the lower west terrace to the interior of the Capitol.

While there, he threw a wooden plank at U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers protecting the lower west terrace entrance. Approximately two minutes later, he was at the front line of rioters confronting the officers located within the lower west terrace archway.

At this time, Palmer sprayed the contents of a fire extinguisher at the officers until it was empty. He then threw the fire extinguisher at the officers.

Although no specific injury was tied to this conduct, based on the size and weight of the plank and fire extinguisher, and the speed and force with which Palmer threw them, the objects were capable of inflicting serious bodily injury.


Read more: https://www.joemygod.com/2021/10/capitol-rioter-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-dc-officers/
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Capitol Rioter Pleads Guilty To Assaulting DC Officers (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
less than 15 yers is a joke. 3Hotdogs Oct 2021 #1
They're all pleading guilty because they know they're only going to get blueinredohio Oct 2021 #2

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
2. They're all pleading guilty because they know they're only going to get
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 07:32 PM
Oct 2021

charged with a misdemeanor and a slap on the wrist.

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