LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: An Arkansas man was accused Thursday of beating a police officer with a pole flying a US flag during last week’s riot at the US Capitol, according to court documents. In an arrest affidavit filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, an FBI agent said Peter Francis Stager is shown in video and photographs striking a prone police officer repeatedly
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas man was accused Thursday of beating a police officer with a pole flying a U.S. flag during last week’s riot at the U.S. Capi
Capitol riot: Man accused of beating officer with US flagpole
AP/Arkansas Filed on January 15, 2021 | Last updated on January 15, 2021 at 07.50 am
An FBI agent said the man is shown in video striking a prone police officer repeatedly with the flagpole after rioters dragged the officer down the Capitol’s west stairs.
An Arkansas man was accused on Thursday of beating a police officer with a pole flying a US flag during last week’s riot at the US Capitol, according to court documents.
In an arrest affidavit filed on Thursday in federal court in Washington, an FBI agent said Peter Francis Stager is shown in video and photographs striking a prone police officer repeatedly with the flagpole after rioters dragged the officer down the Capitol’s west stairs.
An Arkansas man was accused on Thursday of beating a police officer with a pole flying a US flag during last week’s riot at the US Capitol, according to court documents.
In an arrest affidavit filed on Thursday in federal court in Washington, an FBI agent said Peter Francis Stager is shown in video and photographs striking a prone police officer repeatedly with the flagpole after rioters dragged the officer down the Capitol’s west stairs.
Confidential informants had recognized Stager in riot video and photographs and alerted authorities, who have charged Stager with interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, according to the affidavit.