Posted on Feb 3, 2021
Capitol rioter 'Helmet Boy' arrested in Pennsylvania after family tips off FBI
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Another Capitol rioter has been identified and arrested, this time thanks to a family member tipping off the law enforcement.
Zachary Alam was arrested for his part in the US Capitol riot on 6 January.
"Helmet Boy", as Mr Alam became known, allegedly used a helmet to smash the window to the Speaker's Lobby in the US Capitol, which connects to the House of Representatives.
Mr Alam was arrested on 30 January in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He faces charges of assaulting a federal officer, obstructing law enforcement engaged in official duties indicent to civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Zachary Alam was arrested for his part in the US Capitol riot on 6 January.
"Helmet Boy", as Mr Alam became known, allegedly used a helmet to smash the window to the Speaker's Lobby in the US Capitol, which connects to the House of Representatives.
Mr Alam was arrested on 30 January in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He faces charges of assaulting a federal officer, obstructing law enforcement engaged in official duties indicent to civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Capitol rioter 'Helmet Boy' arrested in Pennsylvania after family tips off FBI
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If you damaged government property or hurt people, you should be arrested REGARDLESS of which "side" you're on...that's my issue.
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SPC Kenneth Koerperich
WHY? Not one person was charged with, MILLIONS in damages over the past year, nor for over 90% of the murders committed during that time. So why are you on a high horse wanting JUSTICE now??
Double standards much?? Are you, yourself a DemoRat who's drank to much kool aid?
Get out of here with that nonsense!
Double standards much?? Are you, yourself a DemoRat who's drank to much kool aid?
Get out of here with that nonsense!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel sometimes I feel as though I am not the same person. I see the destruction from city to city associated with BLM. Then I see the destruction associated with Trump Supporters. Then I see inequity of punishment. This is not laying the foundation for fair and impartial resolutions of all the issues at hand. The rising of a full-on full scale civil war could be brewing just beneath the surface of our current history.
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Murder Charges? You post/show you're a Cpt. Must be a dumb one then, unless you plan on charging all the DemoRat Officials who turned down assistance, refused FBI & NG assistance, and then UNDERSTAFFED the whole thing. And I quote:
"The United States Capitol Police Union is holding a “no confidence’ vote for three leaders who were in charge during the Washington D.C. riots.
The vote targets acting chief Yogananda Pittman, assistant chief Chad Thomas, and acting assistant Sean Gallagher. Pittman was deputy chief on Jan. 6 and her predecessor Steven Sund resigned from his post the day after the attack.
Officers have told CNN they felt abandoned and betrayed by the department’s leadership.
Pittman, who in her testimony before Congress apologized for her department’s “failings” during the insurrection, stated that Sund had asked the Capitol Police Board, a three-member oversight body, on Jan. 4 to declare a state of emergency for Jan. 6 and to request National Guard assistance. She said the board denied both requests.
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“By January 4th, the Department knew that the January 6th event would not be like any of the previous protests held in 2020. We knew that militia groups and white supremacists organizations would be attending. We also knew that some of these participants were intending to bring firearms and other weapons to the event. We knew that there was a strong potential for violence and that Congress was the target,” Pittman said in her prepared statement during testimony.
“We have leaders in this department who have the support of the front-line officers. They can implement the changes we need to make, but those leaders are not at the Chief or Assistant Chief level, nor possibly the Deputy Chief level,” union Chair Gus Papathanasiou said. “Our officers need leadership they can trust.”
So who are you going to charge? Needs to start at the TOP, since they caused the problem. And if you drank so much Demkoolaid thinking it's Trumps fault, you SIR, are the problem in this country, and as things keep progressing, will be on the WRONG side of the fence when it comes to a head....
Toodles!
"The United States Capitol Police Union is holding a “no confidence’ vote for three leaders who were in charge during the Washington D.C. riots.
The vote targets acting chief Yogananda Pittman, assistant chief Chad Thomas, and acting assistant Sean Gallagher. Pittman was deputy chief on Jan. 6 and her predecessor Steven Sund resigned from his post the day after the attack.
Officers have told CNN they felt abandoned and betrayed by the department’s leadership.
Pittman, who in her testimony before Congress apologized for her department’s “failings” during the insurrection, stated that Sund had asked the Capitol Police Board, a three-member oversight body, on Jan. 4 to declare a state of emergency for Jan. 6 and to request National Guard assistance. She said the board denied both requests.
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“By January 4th, the Department knew that the January 6th event would not be like any of the previous protests held in 2020. We knew that militia groups and white supremacists organizations would be attending. We also knew that some of these participants were intending to bring firearms and other weapons to the event. We knew that there was a strong potential for violence and that Congress was the target,” Pittman said in her prepared statement during testimony.
“We have leaders in this department who have the support of the front-line officers. They can implement the changes we need to make, but those leaders are not at the Chief or Assistant Chief level, nor possibly the Deputy Chief level,” union Chair Gus Papathanasiou said. “Our officers need leadership they can trust.”
So who are you going to charge? Needs to start at the TOP, since they caused the problem. And if you drank so much Demkoolaid thinking it's Trumps fault, you SIR, are the problem in this country, and as things keep progressing, will be on the WRONG side of the fence when it comes to a head....
Toodles!
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