By now, we’ve all seen the shocking video footage and photographs.
Since then, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the latest casualty from the melee, Capitol police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42. The officer died Thursday night from injuries sustained after he was struck in the head by a fire extinguisher apparently hurled by a protester as the mob stormed into the building.
The Capitol, of course, is a public facility, but it has remained closed to visitors for many months now, due to COVID-19. And even when it is open to the public, security usually is tight.
Federal agents arrested two more Capitol Hill rioters whose images had gone viral, of one carrying off the House Speaker's lectern and another who wore horns and a fur pelt, while a top Democratic lawmaker called on mobile carriers to preserve social media content related to the carnage.
US Capitol riots: Man pictured carrying Speaker Nancy Pelosi s lectern arrested
Dozens of people have been charged following the storming of the Capitol on Wednesday, with the FBI asking public for help identifying participants. (Image: Reuters)
Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 07:34 AM IST
A man photographed carrying off the Speaker Nancy Pelosi s lectern during the Capitol Hill riots was arrested late Friday, while a top Democratic lawmaker on Saturday called on mobile carriers to preserve social media content related to the riots.
Dozens of people have been charged following the storming of the Capitol on Wednesday, with the FBI asking the public for help identifying participants, given the proliferation of images of the riots on the internet. Five people have died, including a Capitol Hill police officer.
Jan 10, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a fur hat with horns was also charged Saturday in Wednesday s chaos. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, was taken into custody Saturday, Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
By RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press
Police arrested more Capitol rioters on Saturday, including a man who carried off the House speaker’s lectern, as more graphic details of the insurrection emerged, revealing the violence and brutality of the mob that stormed a seat of American political power.
An Arizona man seen front and center in many photos of the storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6 was arrested days later. His mother speaks to FOX 10 saying, "I never expected that. He never expected that."