Tracking Down The Insurrectionists: Hoosier Losers

 

Coinciding with the conviction of several "Oath Keepers" for various felonies and misdemeanors committed on January 6, 2021, two Hoosier losers have been arrested for their part in the insurrection.  It's an uncle/ nephew pair (possibly the result of in- breeding):

An Indiana man accused of assaulting law enforcement officers with a flagpole during last year’s deadly Capitol insurrection has been arrested on felony charges, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Federal agents linked Dale Huttle, 61, of Crown Point to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence through photos and phone records, according to a newly unsealed criminal complaint. He was taken into custody on Nov. 9 but has been released ahead of pending court hearings in Washington, D.C.

His charges include assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon; interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder; and related felony and misdemeanor offenses.

Huttle’s nephew, 40-year-old Matthew Huttle of Hebron, Indiana, was arrested Monday on misdemeanor charges after being accused of unlawfully entering the Capitol grounds during the 2021 attack, the Justice Department said.

Dale Huttle, reached by a CBS 2 reporter on Tuesday, said he had “no regrets” for his actions and that he will fight the charges against him.

“I did no harm. I did it with passion and conviction,” he told the Chicago-based station. “I am the ultimate patriot because I put myself on the line. I have no regrets. I will not say I’m sorry. I’m sorry I’m in this situation.”

Dale Huttle was photographed appearing to strike officers outside the Capitol with a wooden flagpole, according to the criminal complaint. He also appeared to grab an officer’s baton during the melee and at one point appeared to yell “surrender!” at the officers, authorities said, citing officers’ body camera footage...  (our emphasis)

The coward isn't sorry, but he wasn't brave enough to come forward and accept responsibility, choosing to turtle for nearly two years.  Nothing like standing up for your "convictions" only after you've been frog- marched into booking.  The justice system will take into account the senior Huttle's publicly stated confession and his lack of regret, then it will lock him up!

(Photo:  insurrectionists Matthew, left, and Dale Huttle/ Dept. of Justice)

D.C. Sues Right-Wing Groups Over January 6 Riot

With the example of the lawsuit that resulted in a $26 million settlement against the neo-Nazi rioters in Charlottesville in 2017, the District of Columbia's attorney general Karl Racine announced that D.C. is suing the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other militant white supremacist / pro-Trump militia groups for their roles in the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. Using an 1871 law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan's violence across the south that was the basis for the Charlottesville suit, Racine filed the civil lawsuit in Federal court to hold those organizations financially responsible for the damages incurred by D.C. :

"Racine’s suit names as defendants Proud Boys International LLC, Oath Keepers and dozens of their most high-profile members — mostly individuals who are charged in federal court with committing crimes related to Jan. 6. The goal is to unravel the financing behind the groups and secure 'full restitution and recompense' for the city of Washington, which has incurred huge costs for treating hundreds of injured officers. 

'I think the damages are substantial,' Racine said in an interview. 'If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it.'”  (our emphasis)

The Justice Department has filed separate conspiracy charges against several members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, but not against the organizations themselves at this stage. Racine's office is being assisted in the lawsuit by the Anti-Defamation League and the States United Democracy Center, a bipartisan group.  The D.C. prosecutors have a rich trove of cell-phone traffic, emails and Facebook entries to base their case for financial damages from the Justice Department's prosecutions. 

Let's hope they succeed in taking these domestic terrorists down.  The FBI has arrested over 600 rioters, among them members of those violent groups. You can do your part by going to the FBI's website and seeing if you recognize anyone that engaged in the January 6 insurrection.

(photo: "Proud Boys" Joseph Biggs, left, and Jason Nordean on way to Capitol. Both have been charged with multiple counts. Carolyn Kaster / AP)