A 28- year- old Michigan man who had served on the staff of a state Republican legislator there was arrested in Orlando, FL, and charged with a number of felonies. Jeremy Rodgers, who was among the FBI's "most wanted", was identified among the Trumpist insurrectionists by the Trump flag he was using as a weapon against police officers. From the Detroit News:
"The Department of Justice announced Friday that Rodgers was charged with several felonies: assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and an act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. [snip]
The FBI received multiple tips from individuals who knew Rodgers personally and identified him as one of the individuals pictured among the FBI's 'most wanted' from the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol. The FBI says images from Jan. 6 showed Rodgers extending a 'flagpole over his head immediately before bringing it down' on an officer's head, according to court documents.
Court documents said Rodgers, carrying a blue flag attached to a wooden flagpole, approached a line of law enforcement officers guarding the East Rotunda Door and struck a Capitol police officer three times. Court documents said Rodgers struck down the flagpole twice more in the direction of the officers.
The FBI said images from Jan. 6 showed Rodgers 'extending the flagpole over his head immediately before bringing it down"'on an officer's head.
Twitter had given Rodgers the nickname "The Freshman Flagger," because of his youthful appearance and his use of the flagpole, according to court documents." (our emphasis)
Conviction on the felonies will put this violent p.o.s. away in prison for years. Lock him up!
The FBI is still looking for January 6 insurrectionists, and they continue to be arrested, prosecuted, and jailed. If you recognize anyone not yet apprehended, do your country a favor and pick up the phone.
(Photo: DOJ)
