Capitol Rioter Who Attacked Cop With Flagpole Arrested After Another Riot Suspect Identified Him

On Wednesday, a Capitol rioter was arrested after he was identified by another riot suspect for assaulting a cop with a flagpole.

Court records say that Gregory Lamar Nix, 52, was arrested in Cleveland, Alabama, on Wednesday and was charged with a slew of riot-related offenses.

A criminal complaint said a person who is the subject of “an ongoing FBI investigation” who “minimized his/her own role in the events of January 6” identified Nix as a person who stormed the Capitol.

Surveillance video allegedly captured Nix pounding a flagpole into the Capitol’s East House Doors on Jan. 6 in an attempt to gain unlawful entry, then assaulting a Capitol officer with the pole six minutes later.

Nix then attempted to smash the East House Doors’ glass panes with a black baton at about 2:30 p.m. He then walked into the building.

Nix is being charged with engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon, among other charges.

The FBI’s Birmingham Field Office is investigating the crime, with assistance from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the United States Capitol Police.

 

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— Stephen Quinn (@StephenQ3340) November 10, 2021