FBI arrests Mississippi man for assaulting officers throughout Jan. 6 Capitol riot

WALLS, Miss. (WLBT) – Federal brokers arrested a Mississippi man for assaulting officers through the January 6 Capitol riot.

Michael Leon Brock, 54, of Partitions, is charged with federal offenses that embrace assaulting, resisting or impeding sure officers and obstruction of legislation enforcement throughout civil dysfunction, amongst different prices.

Brock made his preliminary look within the Northern District of Mississippi Wednesday.

Investigators say Brock was amongst hordes of protestors who disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was within the strategy of counting the electoral votes associated to the presidential election.

Court docket paperwork present Brock was on the Higher West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol round 4 p.m. on Jan. 6.

As seen in body-worn digital camera (BWC) footage, Brock charged at legislation enforcement officers whereas holding what seemed to be a four-foot-long rod because the officers tried to regulate the group, federal investigators say.

Brock repeatedly pushed and struck officers with the rod, information present.

Within the six months since Jan. 6, greater than 535 people have been arrested in almost all 50 states for crimes associated to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, together with over 165 people charged with assaulting or impeding legislation enforcement. The investigation stays ongoing.

The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Columbia and the Division of Justice Nationwide Safety Division’s Counterterrorism Part. Helpful help was supplied by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern District of Mississippi.

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