“Armed insurrection”
Items carried at US Capitol by some in the mob, per court filings:
Guns, bear spray, hockey stick, baseball bat, taser, sharpened flagpole, knives, scissors, tourniquet, plastic knuckles, lacrosse stick
Add:
Tomahawk ax
Zip ties
Add:
Strobe light
Add:
Rope and gallows
Add:
Tree Branch, Pipe, Stick, Baton, Crutch, Club
Add:
Fire extinguisher
Add:
(stolen) shields
Add: Steel-toed boots
Add: Four foot rod
ADD: Metal whip
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: Rocks
Add: "Eye damaging" laser devices
ADD: Large speaker
Add: Pitchfork
ADD: Wooden plank and tossed bottle
ADD: "Poles with nails in them"
ADD: Coffee tumbler and bucket of liquid
ADD: Bottles
ADD: PVC pipe
ADD: Laser pointer
ADD: Metal spear
ADD: Pitchfork
ADD: Large speaker equipment, which broke an officer's foot when thrown
ADD: Gadsden Flag
ADD: Plywood
ADD: Police barricade as battering ram
ADD: Large Trump sign
ADD: "Electroshock weapon" and "wasp spray"
ADD: Large metal trashcan
(video via court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Wooden table leg
ADD: Skateboard
ADD: Hard plastic pylon
ADD: "Loaded Taurus Revolver"
ADD: Raid insecticide and WD-40 sprayed at police. Per interviews with officers
ADD: Helmet and crow bar
ADD: "Orange traffic barrier"
ADD: "Hard-knuckle tactical gloves"
ADD: Broom stick
ADD: "Large wooden object"
(That's what the court filing says)
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: "Ballistic plate carrier" and crowbar
ADD: "Trump flag being thrown like a javelin"
ADD: "White piece of wood"
ADD: Plastic bottle
ADD: "Water bottles"
ADD: Furniture Leg
ADD: Red/orange-colored barrier
ADD: Tabletop
ADD: "Parts of chairs"
ADD: "Metal sign frame"
ADD: Police baton used against officer
ADD: Flashlight
ADD: A**KICKING BOOTS
ADD: A thrown scooter... which appears to tangle the feet of police in this bodycam video ===>
ADD: "Full beer can"
ADD: “wooden handrail”
ADD: Batteries.... thrown at police
ADD: Battering ram device
ADD: "American flag on a light-tan colored pole"
ADD: Blue Trump flag
ADD: "A metal sign so large it was on wheels and took multiple people to lift it"
(per newly filed court motion by Justice Dept in case against defendant Thomas Hamner)
ADD: "Half of a softball"
(Defendant accused of using ball and flagpole and smashing window glass goes on trial tomorrow)
ADD: "Plastic Pipe"
ADD: "Pointed metal attachments on .. wooden pole"
ADD: Velvet rope stand
ADD: "Captain America-style shield affixed to a small wooden-handled broom"
ADD:
This ===>
ADD: Huge metal-framed Trump sign with wheels "about the size of a human head"
ADD: Bricks
ADD: "Metal knuckled gloves"
ADD: Coat rack
ADD: Enormous 2x4 beams
(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Enormous US flag
(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Railing
In newly unsealed Jan 6 case against James McNamara of Chicago, prosecutors allege he used a "railing" to ram a Capitol door several times
ADD: Stairwell beam
Police testimony at trial of Capitol riot defendant Bigo Barnett said a stairwell beam was thrown at police by someone in the mob (not by Barnett)
Police captain said the beam and other thrown items helped rioters breach the police line
ADD: "Hammer"
In court filing today, Jan 6 defendant from California acknowledges carrying hammer on his belt loop... citing concern about "Antifa"
ADD: "Grappling Hook"
Feds say Garret Miller carried the hook while amid mob on Jan 6. They argued "Miller was at the forefront of every barrier overturned, police line overrun, and entryway breached.."
A judge sentenced Miller to 38 months prison yesterday
ADD: A *lit* and thrown device that appeared to be a firecracker
(From sentencing memo and this week's hearing in Capitol riot case of David Lee Judd ====> )
ADD: "Large hunting knife in sheath on his belt"
From new US Justice Dept court filing... seeking pretrial detention in Capitol riot case of Kenneth Bonawitz, who's accused of dive-tackling two police officers
ADD: "Pepper gel"
At today's sentencing of Capitol riot defendant AIden Bilyard, prosecutors said his homemade pepper gel is "thicker, easier to aim acccurately"... "designed to cause pain"
ADD: "Billy Club" .... "Tire Thumper"
Per sentencing memo from defendant Shelly Stallings.. about her husband
ADD: "Metal coffee mug" thrown at police
Per newly filed Justice Dept case against Illinois defendant
ADD: Velvet rope
ADD: Wooden pallet
Latest weapon alleged to have been used in the US Capitol siege. According to newly posted charging documents in the case of Ronald Bryan of Louisiana
ADD: “Rock-like object”
ADD: “a table”
Per federal prosecutors in one of the newest Jan 6 cases:
ADD: A thrown "rope"
From new sentencing memo in USA v. Zachary Alam
===>
ADD: "Rocks" being thrown
From sentencing memo issued by Justice Dept this week
====>
ADD: "Large bolt"
Thrown at police, during a "precarious" situation for officers, per sentencing memo newly released by Justice Dept
The "debris" was used as a weapon too, per Justice Dept
ADD: "two hairbrushes with pointed ends"
From Court order rejecting early release from probation for Jan 6 defendant Logan Grover
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
ADD: "Flashlight taser"
(From newly filed Jan 6 case this week)
Charging document also includes this photo of "collapsible baton" ====>
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.