Peter Francis Stager of Arkansas faces criminal charges “for allegedly beating a Metropolitan Police officer who was guarding an entrance of the U.S. Capitol,” the Daily Beast reported on Thursday, January 14, 2021. Read story here.
“Prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that members of the MAGA mob who stormed the building last Wednesday grabbed the officer, dragged him down a flight of stairs, and forced him into a ‘prone position,’ before ‘forcibly and repeatedly’ hitting him in the head and body with ‘various objects.’ Video footage shows Stager … hit the officer while he ‘remained prone on the steps.’ The FBI said they learned of Stager’s identity from a confidential informant who saw the videos on social media,”
the Daily Beast said. Another informant who spoke with Stager afterward told authorities that
“Stager claimed he ‘did not know the man he was struck on the ground with the flagpole was a cop and that he thought the person he was striking was Antifa.’ The officer was easily identifiable, however, as he was wearing a uniform with the words “METROPOLITAN POLICE” across his back.”
I suppose he could try pleading stupidity, but that’s not a recognized legal defense, so he’ll probably go to prison anyway. Read more here.
He can claim stupidity, because he is stupid.
Anyone with brains would not hate America, would not beat up police, would not trash our history and destroy our US buildings. All in the name of the lying trump or the bs reasons because he is an angry white male, acting out a violent temper tantrum.
Lock him up.