‘I am a cop too’ | Pennsylvania patrolman arrested, accused of scuffling with police during Capitol riot
The FBI says Joseph W. Fischer posted a video of himself at the riot and messaged a friend that he had no regrets about participating. Author: Jordan Fischer Updated: 2:18 PM EST February 22, 2021
WASHINGTON The FBI says a Pennsylvania police officer posted a video of himself charging the Capitol Police line and messaged a friend he had “no regrets” about his participation in the Capitol riot.
Joseph W. Fischer, of Jonestown, Pennsylvania, was arrested Friday on multiple charges including obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, entering a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice/Congress.
Print article By taking part in the riots at the U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania officer Joseph W. Fischer did not just break the laws he was tasked with enforcing, the FBI says - he was allegedly at “the front of the pack pushing against the police.” “Charge!” yells the person taking a video that Fischer posted Jan. 7, according to the FBI, the day after Trump supporters stormed the building in Washington and halted the democratic process. The recorder “had a physical encounter with at least one police officer,” the agency said. Now Fischer, a patrolman with the North Cornwall Township Police, is charged with obstructing law enforcement during “civil disorder,” accused of aiding the insurrection that left one police officer dead and many others wounded. More than a dozen off-duty members of law enforcement are suspected of participating in the Jan. 6 riots, raising uncomfortable questions for chiefs and departments around the country. But the allegations against Fis