Capitol rioter Lucas Denney, leader of the Texas militia group “The Three Percenter” is facing more than 4 years in prison and up to $100,000 in fines after pleading guilty to assaulting an DC Metropolitan police officer with a flag on the US Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. According to Raw Story, the 44-year-old Trump supporter “admitted in federal court on Thursday that he forcibly struck an officer with a PVC pole during a skirmish between pro-Trump rioters and officers in front of the Capitol.”
A court filing submitted by prosecutors on Wednesday alleges that “rioters were throwing debris at the police and Denney worked his way through the crowd attempted to grab a canister of crowd-control spray from the officer who was periodically deploying it. Then, after retreating into the crowd for about a minute, Denney picked up the PVC pole off the ground and swung it at the officer,” Raw story stated.
“Denney then picked up a large tube and launched it into a line of officers guarding the west side of the Capitol building,” according to prosecutors.
As noted by Raw Story, “the incident prompted online sleuths to give Denney the moniker #PoleTosser.”
Read it at Raw Story.
