A man seen on video in a bright American flag jacket spraying police officers with a fire extinguisher during the U.S. Capitol riot has been identified as Robert, 53, of Florida, according to HuffPost.
HuffPost reports that footage shows the man spraying officers and then throwing the empty canister toward them. The outlet spoke with him by phone. He said he was hit with a crowd control munition, and in video from the day he is seen showing bruises to a journalist.
Robert told HuffPost that he did not believe he had done anything wrong and that he did not want to get involved any further. He hung up when he was asked about the fire extinguisher, according to the outlet.
HuffPost reports the identification came from a tip by a member of an online sleuth community, who worked with a group called @capitolhunters to go through video and photographs of the riot.
The FBI is still working to identify people who took part in the January 6 riot and is asking the public for help. No charges against Robert had been announced at the time of this report.
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