"
Ho curato il covid con l`idrossiclorochina , fregandomene dei divieti,
zero decessi trai miei pazienti, ma mi hanno detto di stare zitto."
Coronavirus, Szumzki: «Ho curato i miei pazienti con Plaquenil e ha funzionato. Sembra un colpo di Stato»
Il
primo cittadino di Santa Lucia di Piave, medico, parla della sua
esperienza personale nella cura dei pazienti, una decina in tutto su
2mila, e della "strana" gestione del virus.
Non
le manda a dire il sindaco di Santa Lucia di Piave a proposito
dell'emergenza Coronavirus. Da medico soprattutto Riccardo Szumski
racconta la sua esperienza personale e analizza i fatti, facendosi non
poche domande su quanto sta accadendo in Italia e nel mondo.
I miei malati? Pochi e guariti con Plaquenil e cortisone
«Sono
medico con 2mila assistiti: ho avuto un solo ricoverato, non intubato
per altro, che è tornato a casa. Secondo me è importante curare a casa,
non aspettare di andare in rianimazione. Sono giorni che lo dico. Le
difficoltà respiratorie hanno messo in secondo piano la realtà della
cosa: il virus non è che sia cattivissimo ma innesca una risposta
infiammatoria che porta sì alla polmonite ma soprattutto alle
tromboembolie. Io ho usato Plaquenil, Azitromicina e cortisone che in
caso di infiammazione funziona benissimo. Quelli che si sono rivolti a
me, li ho guariti a casa. Forse sono stato fortunato... Una decina sono
stati quelli che nella mia esperienza hanno avuto una reazione più
importante. Altri hanno avuto forme sindrome influenzali che ho curato
con cortisone. Ho numerosi anziani che vado a incontrare e visitare
periodicamente...ma nessuno si è ammalato. Isolati sì, ma con la
badante».
Gestione da rivedere
Il
primo cittadino ha una sua teoria: «Probabilmente hanno cavalcato
questo virus per fare un colpo di Stato con motivazione sanitaria. Il
peggio sarà il dopo: un disastro economico che si farà via via sempre
più evidente. Nei prossimi giorni cerchiamo di attivare anche noi un
sostegno psicologico per le famiglie: è facile perdere le staffe in
queste condizioni. Nel Governo e nelle istituzioni ci si rivolge ai
virologi, i quali dicono di evitare il contagio. Sai che banalità... non
è che quando uno sta male o ha la febbre normalmente lo si abbraccia.
Il virologo per sua natura non individua altre soluzioni ma non per
questo si può chiudere un Paese. Occorrono altri pareri. Anche la
questione tamponi: sono attendibili? Manca l'esperienza non si può fare
affidamento solo su questo. Per carità: evitiamo concerti e stadi ma da
questo rinchiudere famiglie magari in un appartamento ne passa».
Vaccini, app e provacy
Si fa un gran discutere poi di vaccini, tracciabilità, app, poca privacy.
Il
medico risponde così: «Vaccino? Forse per gli anziani. Non si può
pensare di vaccinare tutta la gente per un virus che cambia di anno in
anno... App o microchip?
Se
accadrà ci sarà la rivoluzione: già adesso siamo fuori dalle libertà
costituzionali. Un Borrelli che afferma che in Lombardia sono morte 11
mila persone in due mesi per coronavirus...
Sapendo che non vi è nessuna autopsia che certifichi la vera causa del decesso... Fidarsi di questa gente è impossibile.
Non posso pensare che abbiamo avuto droni, polizia ovunque per questo motivo e per ladri ecc. nulla».
Capitol riot arrests: See who's been charged across the U.S.
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Axon, Dinah Pulver, Rachel Stassen-Berger, Jayme Fraser, Josh Salman,
Nicholas Penzenstadler, Katie Wedell, Morgan Hines, David Baratz
Federal
prosecutors continue to charge participants in the riot at the Capitol
on Jan. 6, adding to dozens of arrests that took place in Washington
D.C. that day.
USA TODAY is gathering details of those cases as the FBI continues to
identify the people responsible for the attack that left five people
dead and sent lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence fleeing to
shelter.
Included are those arrested on charges federal prosecutors have filed
since the riot, and those arrested by Capitol Police and D.C. Metro
Police for entering the Capitol or for crimes related to weapons or
violence. Check back for updates.
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John Sullivan
Age: 26
Arrested on: 1/14/21
Home state: Utah
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Civil disorders; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
Sullivan
entered the Capitol during the riot, telling the FBI later that he was
an activist and journalist even though he had no press credentials. He
filmed extensively in the building, following the crowd up to the point
where Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was shot and
killed by a Capitol Police officer at the entrance of the Speaker's
Lobby. He gave the FBI a link to the YouTube account with the username
JaydenX and shared a 50-minute video which the FBI confirmed he narrates
at points.
According to court records, Sullivan encouraged the mob on and at
times argued with officers to leave to avoid getting hurt. He says in
the video, “There are so many people. Let’s go. This s--- is ours! F---
yeah,” according to the records.
Peter Harding
Arrested on: 1/14/2021
Home state: New York
Charges
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
The
FBI reviewed social media posts that showed Harding inside the Capitol
and also trying to set fire to camera equipment outside of the Capitol.
Two days after the riot, Harding admitted to both to the Buffalo News.
"We took the rest of the media equipment that was there," he told the
newspaper. "We put it into a pile. That was a symbolic gesture. Nothing
burned."
Hunter Seefried
Arrested on: 1/14/21
Home state: Delaware
Charges
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Seefried
entered the Capitol with his father, Kevin, through a broken window.
Video on social media showed Hunter Seefried punching out glass in a
window that had already been broken. During an interview with the FBI,
Kevin Seefried said someone asked his son to help because he was wearing
gloves.
Once inside, the men were part of a group that "verbally confronted"
Capitol police officers. They were identified after one of Hunter
Seefried's co-workers told the FBI the younger Seefried had been
bragging about entering the Capitol with his father.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Seefried
entered the Capitol with his son, Hunter, through a broken window.
Kevin Seefriend carried a Conferderate flag through the halls of the
Capitol. In an interview, he told the FBI the flag is usually displayed
outside his home. While inside, the Seefrieds were part of a group that
"verbally harassed" Capitol police officers, according to court records.
Seefried was identified after a co-worker of his son's reported to
the FBI that Hunter Seefried had bragged about entering the Capitol with
his father. In an interview, Kevin Seefried told the FBI that they had
come to Washington to hear President Trump speak.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Off-duty
police officers Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson posed under a
statute of John Stark in the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to federal
court records. They were charged for their role in the riots after the
officers with the Rocky Mount (Va.) Police were identified in social
media posts.
In a now-deleted Facebook post that was preserved as part of the
charges against him, Fracker wrote, "Lol to anyone who’s possibly
concerned about the picture of me going around... Sorry I hate freedom?
…Not like I did anything illegal…y’all do what you feel you need to…”
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Off-duty
police officers Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker posed under a
statute of John Stark in the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to federal
court records. They were charged for their role in the riots after the
officers with the Rocky Mount (Va.) Police were identified in social
media posts.
Robertson defended the pair's decision to enter the building, writing
on social media that he was "willing to put skin in the game."
Federal court records quoted his social media, with Robertson
commenting on Instagram that, “CNN and the Left are just mad because we
actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random
small business ... The right IN ONE DAY took the f***** U.S. Capitol.
Keep poking us.”
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority to do, kowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt
the orderly conduct of governmnent business.
What happened
Along
with a sweatshirt commemorating President Donald Trump’s 2017
inauguration, Nicolas Rodean also wore his company name badge when he
was photographed inside the Capitol Wednesday. Rodean's employer fired
him.
“After review of the photographic evidence, the employee in question
has been terminated for cause,” Navistar Direct Marketing said in a
Facebook statement. “While we support all employees’ right to peaceful,
lawful exercise of free speech, any employee demonstrating dangerous
conduct that endangers the health and safety of others will no longer
have an employment opportunity with Navistar Direct Marketing.”
Obstructing
law enforcement engaged in official duties incident to civil disorder;
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds
without lawful authority; violent entry and disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds.
What happened
Olympic
gold-medal swimmer Klete Keller was arrested after being identified in
video from the Capitol riot. At 6-foot-6, Keller is a five-time Olympic
medalist and three-time Olympian. His height helped the FBI identify him
after SwimSwam published a story confirming Keller was in footage shot
by TownHall. Keller wore a jacket with a U.S. Olympic patch in the
video.
Keller had been listed as a real estate agent at Hoff & Leigh in
Colorado, which issued a statement the day before Keller's arrest that
he had resigned.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee responded to reports of
Keller's presence at the Capitol before his arrest without naming him.
CEO Sarah Hirshland said, "I strongly condemn the actions of the rioters
at the U.S. Capitol. They do not represent the values of the United
States of America or of Team USA."
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority and violent entry or disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds.
What happened
The
"Camp Auschwitz" shirt Robert K. Packer was photographed wearing at the
Capitol riots ultimately helped lead to his identification and arrest.
In an affidavit accompanying an arrest warrant, the FBI noted they
received a tip because someone in the community recognized Packer and
had seen him wearing the shirt in the past.
The complaint noted the shirt, with a human skull and the phrase
"Work brings freedom" appears to be a symbol of Nazi hate ideology.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Lyons
posted a photo of a map to his Instagram on Jan. 5, saying: "I refuse
to tell my children that I sat back and did nothing. I'm heading to DC
to STOP THE STEAL!! #MAGA #KAG."
The arrest complaint states that he later posted a photo from the
Capitol of a sign over the door to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office
with a comment saying "WHOS HOUSE?!?!? OUR HOUSE!!"
Two days later, two FBI agents who interviewed Lyons at his home
reported that he was evasive about whether he entered the Capitol,
telling them he dreamed it and that in the dream, "people really didn't
have much choice of where they were going because of the mob." When the
agents asked to see his phone, he showed the officers the photo he
posted on Instagram and agreed to upload two videos he recorded inside
the Capitol to YouTube and email them the link. He eventually told the
agents he had walked up the Capitol stairs and entered through its rear
doors. He said he went into Pelosi's office where an armed police
officer told him to get out.
Jenny Cudd
Arrested on: 1/13/2021
Home state: Texas
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
A
former candidate for mayor in Midland, Texas, Jenny Cudd, wearing a
Trump flag as a cape, posted a video saying: “We did break down Nancy
Pelosi’s office door.”
“I’m proud of everything I was a part of today,” the florist shop
owner stated in another video clip. “The government serves at the
consent of the governed. Well, the governed are pissed off.”
The Midland Reporter Telegram reported that Cudd said she didn't do
anything unlawful. The newspaper also reported Cudd said: “When (Vice
President) Pence betrayed us is when we decided to storm the Capitol.”
According to court records, the FBI tracked Cudd and Eliel Rosa, whom
she was later arrested with, as they walked through the Capitol rotunda
on the day of the riot.
Eliel Rosa
Arrested on: 1/13/2021
Home state: Texas
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
Rosa
was arrested with Jenny Cudd, who was photographed with him in the
Capitol rotunda. Cudd, a former mayoral candidate in Midland, Texas,
appeared in Facebook videos and in photos admitting to entering the
Capitol. In a Facebook video, she said, "We did break down the Nancy
Pelosi’s office door."
The FBI tracked Rosa and Cudd's movements in the rotunda using
surveillance footage. In an interview with the FBI two days after the
riot, Rosa admitted he and Cudd entered the Capitol.
Albert Ciarpelli
Arrested on: 1/13/2021
Home state: New York
Charges
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Albert
Ciarpelli drove from Syracuse to Washington, D.C. to attend the rally.
After the rally he joined the crowd walking toward the Capitol,
according to his statements to FBI agents. When he got there, he said he
found a small door to the right of the main entrance open and he walked
in and began taking pictures.
Ciarpelli told agents he took his time inside the building
sight-seeing, and considered it a "little adventure." After 15 minutes,
he felt he shouldn't be there and decided to leave. He told the agents
when he tried to leave he got caught up in a mob pushing its way into
the building.
When thinking back to that day, agents said he stated he was out of
his mind and had never done anything like that before. He told them that
on Oct. 28, he bought flights to Washington to attend the inauguration
with his wife and a family member, but recently cancelled them.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Disorderly or disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds;
Civil disorder; Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers
while engaged in the performance of official duties
What happened
After
reviewing video footage and receiving a tip, the FBI identified Sanford
as the man shown on video heaving a fire extinguisher from an elevated
position on the Capitol steps toward a line of officers who were trying
to hold back a mob of rioters. According to charging documents, the
extinguisher ricocheted and hit three officers in the head, two of whom
were wearing a helmet and one who was not.
The FBI received a tip from a friend of Sanford's who identified
Sanford and said he had confessed that the FBI was looking for him,
according to the documents. The friend told the agency Sanford recently
retired from the Chester Fire Department.
Video taken that day captured Sanford wearing a knit cap with the
letters “CFD” on the front, and the person who alerted the FBI confirmed
it was Sanford. The tipster told the FBI Sanford said he was on the
Capitol grounds that day.
Officials told the Wall Street Journal that the extinguisher Sanford
is alleged to have thrown is different from the one that killed Officer
Brian Sicknick.
Andrew
Williams, a firefighter and paramedic with the city of Sanford,
Florida, was arrested Jan. 12 and charged with disorderly conduct in the
Capitol riot.
After Williams was spotted in viral photos from the riot, the city opened an investigation the next day.
Orlando's WESH 2 NBC affiliate reported his attorney said: "The
President and the Capitol Police encouraged despicable behavior."
The
Associated Press reported Loftus was charged with illegal entry and
disorderly conduct on the grounds of the Capitol. Court documents stated
Loftus posted on social media that he was "one of 700 inside" the
Capitol.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
CBS2 News, the affiliate in Boise, Idaho, reported Josiah Colt turned himself in at the Ada County Sheriff's Office on Jan. 12.
The FBI had posted a photo of him. In one photo, he’s clinging with
one hand onto a ledge over the Latin inscription “Annuit coeptis,” which
means “God has favored our undertakings.”
According to court records, the FBI confirmed Colt's identity in a phone interview with a relative.
Colt issued a statement apologizing, saying he loved America and its
people. “I recognize my actions that have brought shame upon myself, my
family, my friends, and my beautiful country. In the moment I thought I
was doing the right thing."
The
Associated Press reported that Watson was arrested in Alabama because
he violated a previous bond when he traveled out of state. A CBS
affiliate for eastern Alabama said authorities recognized Watson by the
distinctive tattoos on his hand, and from photos of him wearing a tan or
yelllow sweatshirt standing next to the man with the horned hat. The TV
station reported federal authorities accompanied Auburn Police when
they arrested Watson.
Restricted building or grounds; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
Baranyi
identified himself in a WUSA-9 interview after the riot, telling a
reporter that he was in the Capitol and near where a woman was shot.
That woman was later identified as 35-year-old Air Force veteran Ashli
Babbitt.
According to court records, the FBI reviewed video clips the
Washington Post published of that shooting and identified Baranyi by
matching him to his drivers license and his clothing and backpack to the
interview clip. The video showed Baranyi standing near the door to the
Speaker's Lobby, where Babbitt was shot.
Court records note that in Baranyi's WUSA-9 interview, he said, "We
tore through the scaffolding, through flash bangs and tear gas, and
blitzed our way in through all the chambers just trying to get into
Congress or whoever we could get in to and tell them that we need some
kind of investigation into this.”
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Knowingly, with intent to impede government business
or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol
Grounds; Unlawful entry and disorderly conduct
What happened
Mostofsky,
whom the Gothamist identified as a Brooklyn native, appears in several
photos inside the Capitol wearing a police vest over fur-looking pelts.
The Gothamist identified him as the son of a King County Supreme
Court judge. Nachman Mostofsky, his brother, told the website, "My
brother did nothing illegal. He definitely was not part of the riot."
He was arrested on federal charges in New York on Jan 11.
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority
What happened
Photos
from the riot showed Pepe in the Capitol holding his phone up, and the
FBI confirmed his identity with New York's Metro Transit Authority,
according to court records. Pepe works in the mechanical department
there and took sick leave to travel to Washington .
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct
on Capitol grounds
What happened
Munchel,
30, is allegedly the man in photos dressed in all-black, carrying zip
ties as he stepped over a row of seats inside the Capitol. He was
arrested on Jan 10. in Nashville. In a news release, federal authorities
said he appeared to be carrying plastic restraints, an item in a
holster on his right hip and a cell phone mounted on his chest with the
camera facing outward. A story in the British newspaper, The Sunday
Times, said Munchel traveled to D.C. with his mother and was interviewed
there after the riot. The story quotes Munchel as saying: "We wanted to
show that we’re willing to rise up, band together and fight if
necessary. Same as our forefathers, who established this country in
1776."
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Brock,
a retired Air Force officer, was seen in photos in the Capitol wearing a
green helmet, tactical vest and military patches. After he was
identified in photos holding plastic zip-tie handcuffs, he gave an
interview to The New Yorker. The story stated Brock said he had gone to
D.C. to demonstrate peacefully after hearing the president ask his
supporters to be there.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct
on Capitol Grounds
What happened
Evans
was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates last fall, but
resigned over the weekend after filming himself storming the Capitol.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; Disrupting the orderly conduct of government business;
Violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building ; Parading,
demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building; Obstructing a law
enforcement officer during a civil disorder
What happened
Wearing
a QAnon shirt emblazoned with a bald eagle, Jensen was in numerous
photographs and videos inside the Capitol. He told his family he was let
in to the Capitol. He regularly posted about the QAnon conspiracy
theory on his social media accounts. His employer, Forrest &
Associate Masonry in Des Moines, fired him on Jan. 8.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds
What happened
Most
notable for his horned, fur hat and red, white and blue face paint in
viral photos from the Capitol, authorities said Chansley, known as Jake
Angeli, also carried a 6-foot spear with an American flag tied just
below the top.
Chansely was familiar to many in his native Arizona for his
appearances at rallies He told police he'd traveled to D.C. in a group
of "patriots" at the president's request.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; one count of theft of government property; and one
count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Photos from the riot show Adam Christian Johnson smiling under his Trump cap, casually holding a lectern under his arm.
By Saturday, Johnson, 36, had been arrested and was booked into the
Pinellas County Jail in Florida on a warrant from the U.S. Marshal's
office. Photos on his Facebook page, since deleted, show the Manatee
County, Florida man descending into Washington D.C. for the rally.
Johnson had misdemeanor drug arrests in 2004 and 2005 and was involved
in a sealed domestic relations court case from 2010.
The registered Republican is a married father of five. They live in a
six-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot, pool home in southwest Florida.
Unlawful entry into restricted buildings or grounds
What happened
Ochs
is a co-founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys. A U.S. Marine Corps combat
veteran, he posted a photo of himself in the Capitol smoking a cigarette
on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. He told CNN he did not break in, he
just walked in.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful entry; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds;
and theft of public money, property, or records.
What happened
A photo of Barnett with his feet up on a staffer's desk inside the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quickly went viral.
He bragged on camera afterward that he had been escorted out but not
arrested. A Trump supporter who attended a "Stop the Steal" rally in
Northwest Arkansas in November, Barnett has a long history of financial
woes, online records show.
Cleveland
Grover Meredith was charged with threatening Pelosi after driving to
D.C. from Colorado. He missed the riot after experiencing troubles with
his truck and trailer, according to an FBI arrest complaint. Meredith
arrived Thursday and was later arrested at a Holiday Inn.
Officers found a Glock 19, a 9mm pistol, a Tavor X95 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his truck and trailer.
In the complaint, the FBI said Meredith had texted a relative saying
he was “thinking about heading over to Pelosi's (expletive) speech and
putting a bullet in her noggin on Live TV,” with a purple devil emoji.
In a later text conversation about Pelosi, the complaint said,
Meredith wrote, “Dead Bitch Walking. I predict that within 12 days, many
in our country will die.”
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government
business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
The
CEO of an Illinois company, Brad Rukstales was arrested by Capitol
Police for taking part in the Capitol riots. Federal authorities then
filed additional charges. He admitted to entering the Capitol building.
According to federal court records, he was part of a crowd that
encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House
atrium. Police said he and five others in that crowd were arrested
after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Federal prosecutors later added several charges. Campaign finance
reports show Rukstales contributed more than $25,000 to Trump’s campaign
and other GOP committees during the 2020 election cycle. Following the
arrest, his employer, Cognesia, stated he was fired.
"It was the single worst personal decision of my life,” Rukstales told
CBS Chicago. “I have no excuse for my actions and wish that I could take
them back."
Carrying
a Pistol Without a License (Outside Home or Place of Business) 2015,
Possessing a Firearm on Capitol Grounds, Curfew Violation, Possession of
Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition
Feeding Device (and)
What happened
As
Christopher Michael Alberts of Maryland was being escorted away from
the Capitol on Wednesday, a Metro Police officer noticed a bulge on
Alberts' hip, a complaint stated. A closer inspection revealed two
separate holsters, one with a 9 mm weapon with a single round in the
chamber and a fully loaded 12-round magazine and the other with a second
fully loaded 12-round magazine. Alberts also was wearing a bulletproof
vest and carrying a backpack with a gas mask, pocketknife and an MRE.
Alberts told officers he was carrying the gun for personal protection and didn't intend to use it to harm anyone.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government
business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds.
What happened
Fitchett
entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that
encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House
atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested
Fitchett and five others after they ignored orders to leave the
building.
According
to D.C. Superior Court records, Blair struck Metro Police officers who
were holding the police line at the lower West terrace door of the
Capitol with a "lacrosse type stick." MPD officers struck him with
batons and Blair's head was injured when officers took him to the ground
to arrest him. MPD called Capitol Police to make the arrest. According
to court records, while Blair awaited an ambulance he told officers, "(I
was) being an idiot, pumped up and didn’t move back. Accept everything.
I’m sorry, I got hit four times, I had a knife in my bag because I was
scared of ANTIFA jumping me on the way back.”
Douglas Sweet
Arrested on: 1/6/2021
Home state: Virginia
Charges
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government
business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Sweet
entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that
encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House
atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested
Sweet and five others after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Sweet told Virginia television station WTKR that the Capitol had
already been breached by the time he arrived and that he walked in. He
said he and others “surrendered immediately.”
Sweet told WTKR that he believed Trump’s claims that the election was
stolen. No widespread election fraud has been found, and courts around
the country have rejected Trump’s claims in dozens of cases.
"Trump asked all the patriots to show up, so I did," Sweet told WKTR.
“I was hoping to go in and talk to the Senate and the House and
actually speak,” Sweet added. “First of all, you're not going to get in
there unless you walk right in.”
Carrying a pistol without a license and unregistered ammunition
What happened
Capitol
Police found Moore parked in his white Ford Econoline 150 van near the
Capitol, and Moore admitted to having a gun in his backpack on the front
passenger seat.
Officers found a Ruger pistol in a holster, according to D.C.
Superior Court records. The gun was loaded with six rounds, and officers
recovered three more six-round magazines along with 12 loose rounds.
Riot
Act - Felony, curfew violation, unlawful entry, knowingly entering or
remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority
What happened
Joshua
Pruitt, 39, appears twice among arrest records of the Metro Police for
violating the Riot Act, unlawful entry and curfew violations. A day
after the riot, the U.S. attorney charged a man with the same name with
knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds
without lawful authority.
A man with the same name, who lives in D.C., took the Proud Boys oath
in a video posted to Twitter in mid-November during a gathering of
Trump supporters. However, a few days later, in a Facebook comment, that
man denounced the group. Attempts to reach Pruitt were unsuccessful.
Lonnie Leroy Coffman
Arrested on: 1/6/2021
Home state: Alabama
Charges
Possession of an unregistered firearm (destructive device) and carrying a pistol without a license.
What happened
When
authorities found Coffman's truck near the Capitol, they reported
finding 11 Molotov cocktails -- Mason jars filled with flammable liquids
-- in addition to guns and ammunition.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; assault on a federal law enforcement officer; and
violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Leffingwell
is accused of entering the Senate side of the Capitol. When police
stopped him, the complaint says, he struck an officer in the helmet and
chest.
Matthew Council
Arrested on: 1/6/2021
Home state: Florida
Charges
Unlawful entry
What happened
Authorities
accuse Council of unlawfully entering the Capitol building. When police
stopped him, the complaint says, he pushed an officer.
Michael Curzio
Age: 35
Arrested on: 1/6/2021
Home state: Florida
Charges
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government
business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Michael
Curzio was among the rioters arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for
unlawful entry. It was not the Florida man’s first brush with law
enforcement.
Curzio, 35, was released from prison in February 2019 following an
eight-year sentence for attempted first-degree murder, according to
records from the Florida Department of Corrections.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government
business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on
Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol
grounds
What happened
Brown
entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that
encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House
atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested
Brown and five others after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Knowingly
entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful entry; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or
official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Gallagher
entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that
encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House
atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested
Gallagher and five others after they ignored orders to leave the
building.
Damaging
or destroying government property; Obstruction of an official
proceeding; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
An
officer outside the Capitol rotunda door observed Ehmke strike and
break a window while standing on a ledge as a mob of people approached,
according to court records. Using his shield, the officer knocked Ehmke
off the ledge and other officers handcuffed him. They took his name,
photo and driver's license but were overwhelmed by the throng of people,
including one who said, “You’re not leaving with him." The officers
released Ehmke but kept his license. He was charged Jan. 11.
A recent study from RAND
has put hard numbers to just how severe the rising income inequality is
for average wage earners in the US. The study finds that during the
first two decades after the Second World War, income and economic growth
tracked at roughly the same rate, indicating fairly even distribution.
But since 1974, the benefits of growth haven’t been evenly shared.
Labor, capital, and pre- and posttax income have been increasingly
concentrated at the top of the distribution since the middle of the 20th
century.
In a new paper
(written prior to the insurrection at the US Capitol), anthropologists
examined a broad, global sample of 30 premodern societies and found that
societies collapse when leaders undermine social contracts. Even “good”
governments—those that provided goods and services for their people and
did not severely concentrate wealth and power—fell apart, and when they
did, they broke down more intensely than collapsing despotic regimes.
“The states that had good governance, although they may have been able
to sustain themselves slightly longer than autocratic-run ones, tended
to collapse more thoroughly, more severely,” says Gary Feinman, the
MacArthur Curator of Anthropology at Chicago’s Field Museum and one of
the study’s authors.
And as Richard Blanton, a professor emeritus of anthropology at Purdue University and the study’s lead author, explains:
We noted the potential for failure caused by an internal factor that
might have been manageable if properly anticipated. We refer to an
inexplicable failure of the principal leadership to uphold values and
norms that had long guided the actions of previous leaders, followed by a
subsequent loss of citizen confidence in the leadership and government
and collapse.
The future history of America and the world (to 2050)
Most of us are trapped in the anxiety-provoking present and fearful
of a future that we can barely see....If only we could pull back and see
how new technologies emerging now could scale up and make a positive
impact in the coming years. If only we could better understand how many
long-term trends inexorably making progress in our economy and society
and culture could come to fruition in the decades ahead. Or get a better
sense of all the innovators working on new ways forward that hold great
promise to reinvent the world in myriad ways. If only we could somehow
see how all these encouraging developments could come together to
largely solve our big challenges in the end. Then we might be able to
move out of the debilitating present and do the right thing to help
build that better future now.
Ill-gotten data? FTC rules you have to delete the models too.
The maker of a now-defunct cloud photo storage app, Ever, that had
pivoted to selling facial recognition services trained on users’ photos
without permission has been ordered to delete not only the user data but
any algorithms trained on it, under the terms of an FTC settlement.
In this Twitter thread,
Rohit Chopra, a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, calls the
settlement “an important course correction” for the FTC.
Why markets boomed in a year of human misery
This recession hasn’t been evenly distributed. Certainly, 800,000
people a week are filing new unemployment claims, and there are lines at
the food banks. But, as it turns out, white-collar jobs are more
resilient to stay-at-home orders than expected. Total employee
compensation was down only 0.5 percent for the last nine pandemic
months. As this New York Times article explains:
The arithmetic is as simple as it is disorienting. If a corporate
executive gets a $100,000 bonus for steering a company through a
difficult year, while four $25,000-per-year restaurant workers lose
their jobs entirely, the net effect on total compensation is zero—even
though in human terms a great deal of pain has been incurred.
Additionally, the
stimulus money, extra unemployment benefits, and Paycheck Protection
Program provided a boost that’s almost hard to fathom: Americans’
cumulative after-tax personal income was $1.03 trillion higher from
March to November of 2020 than in 2019, an increase of more than 8
percent. Combined with a less surprising drop in American spending (to
the tune of $535 billion)—after all there are now fewer flights to take,
restaurants to eat at, or sporting events to attend—personal savings is
up $1.56 trillion, a 173% increase from 2019. Essentially, the rise in
savings among the people who have avoided major economic damage from the
pandemic is creating a tide lifting the values of nearly all financial
assets.