A North Carolina man was sentenced recently for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon – chemical spray – during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A 20-year-old North Carolina man who sprayed a chemical irritant at police officers and broke a window at the US Capitol with a baseball bat. 22.10.2022, Sputnik International
During the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, he sprayed officers with pepper gel, according to court documents. He also used a bat to shatter a portion of a window on the Capitol building.