[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Rejecting an appeal brought by Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, the Supreme Court on Monday skipped deciding whether the leader of a demonstration can be sued for an injury to a police officer caused by another protester. Mckesson, who was leading a protest in Baton Rouge in July 2016 following the … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A Washington man who led an attack on officers on Jan. 6 and represented himself at trial using arguments a federal judge described as “bulls—” and “gobbledygook” was sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Wednesday. Taylor James Johnatakis was convicted in November on felony counts of obstruction of an official proceeding, … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A conservative influencer was arrested in California on Jan. 6 charges, including helping to steal a table from a Capitol conference room that the FBI says was used to assault officers just feet away at the lower west tunnel, where some of the most brutal attacks on law enforcement took place. Isabella … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A man arrested on Thursday in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol assaulted law enforcement officers with a Donald Trump flag while holding a “stop the steal” sign, according to an FBI affidavit. The case, along with several more arrests this week, once again underlines the motivation of … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump enthusiast who believed the former president’s lies about the 2020 election was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a hockey stick during the brutal battle at the lower west tunnel of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 … Read more