After the Capitol riot, one Florida man became Podium Guy : Another man turned him in Josh Salman and Carlos R. Munoz, USA TODAY
Capitol Riot Horn & Lectern suspects in court
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PARRISH, Florida – Allan Mestel booked a flight to Washington D.C., to photograph the pro-Trump demonstrations on Jan. 6. But he canceled it after his wife warned him: This will escalate into riots.
For the past four years, the photographer from Southwest Florida has chronicled the Black Lives Matter movement through his Nikon lens. A proud liberal himself, Mestel has attended dozens of BLM street rallies. He’s also crossed the lines into the counterprotests to document the names and faces of President Donald Trump’s supporters.
9 Jan 2021
The man accused of carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) lectern through the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday has been arrested and faces federal charges.
“The man smiling and waving at the camera has been identified as 36-year-old Adam Johnson of Parrish in Manatee County,” WFLA reported Saturday, adding that it learned Johnson is married to a physician and has five children.
Johnson was booked into the Pinellas County Jail Friday night, according to arrest documents.
As WTSP reported:
He faces charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, one count of theft of government property and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol ground, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the United States Capitol Police.
A Florida man caught on camera carrying a lectern through the United States Capitol during Wednesday’s riot has been arrested. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reported.