A sequence of high-profile trials in opposition to ringleaders of the Capitol riot culminated final week within the sentencing of former Proud Boy chief Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in jail. Greater than 1,100 folks have been already charged, however the investigation into the riot is way from over, writes the BBC’s Mike Wendling. On 6 January 2021, Evan Neumann was close to the entrance of the group that stormed into the US Capitol. Sporting a purple Maga hat and a gasoline masks, he assaulted at the least 4 cops, punching them and bashing them with components of a steel barricade. In line with a legal grievance, he swore at officers, known as them “murderers” and shouted: “I am keen to die, are you?”Mr Neumann, 51, was finally indicted on 14 counts associated to the riot, however earlier than he might be arrested, he had fled the US.
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