Typically, obstruction is a black-and-white case.
On Monday, FBI brokers in Florida arrested Jesse James Rumson, who they declare stormed the U.S. Capitol whereas sporting an enormous panda head, incomes the monicker “Sedition Panda” within the course of.
Rumson’s whereabouts on Jan. 6, 2021, weren’t notably exhausting to trace, thanks in no small half to the costume he wore on and off that day.
Federal officers additionally recognized him due to his nostril ring and a set of picket rosary beads he carried, together with a silver flagpole and a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag.
In an affidavit filed final week, an FBI particular agent testified that Rumson was among the many first 20 rioters to enter the Capitol by a door on the constructing’s higher west terrace.
Safety footage captured a person in a panda head getting into the constructing shortly after the door was breached:
As soon as inside, Rumson apparently misplaced the panda head ― and gained a pair of handcuffs on his wrists. He then exited the Capitol constructing, and different rioters helped him to take away the handcuffs, in accordance with pictures.
The affidavit states that shortly thereafter, Rumson urged on different members of the mob and yelled at them to “GET A RAM!” as they breached a separate entry into the constructing.
Pictures later present him amongst a crowd of rioters clashing with a police line as officers tried to clear the property. He seems to grapple with an officer, grabbing him by the pinnacle.
A tipster first alerted the FBI to Sedition Panda’s true identification in June 2021.
Rumson faces eight fees, together with assaulting, resisting or impeding a police officer, obstructing legislation enforcement, and two separate counts associated to acts of bodily violence.
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