{"id":204952,"date":"2021-03-18T03:25:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/capitol-rioter-assaulted-cops-with-fire-extinguisher-feds\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T03:25:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:25:34","slug":"capitol-rioter-assaulted-cops-with-fire-extinguisher-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/capitol-rioter-assaulted-cops-with-fire-extinguisher-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Capitol rioter assaulted cops with fire extinguisher: feds"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Capitol rioter assaulted cops with fire extinguisher: feds<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A Florida man who allegedly assaulted police with a fire extinguisher during the deadly Capitol riot\u00a0was arrested on Wednesday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Robert Scott Palmer, 53, app<\/a>eared in a federal court in Tampa on charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, civil disorder and being in a restricted building or grounds, according to local outlets.<\/p>\n

He was released on $25,000 signature bond, meaning he will only have to pay if he fails to show up to court, the Tampa Bay Times reported<\/a>. A judge also ordered that Palmer undergo a psychological evaluation.<\/p>\n

Images from the Jan. 6 siege allegedly showed Palmer, wearing an American flag jacket, spraying officers with the extinguisher at close range before throwing the emptied canister at them, according to the Huffington Post, which revealed Palmer\u2019s identity<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Footage from the riot also allegedly showed him shoving through a crowd of rioters to a line of cops while sporting a\u00a0jacket that\u00a0read: \u201cFLORIDA FOR TRUMP.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Robert Scott Palmer at the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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Reached by the outlet, the Sunshine State dad \u2014 who runs a cleaning business \u2014 griped that cops at the Capitol launched crowd-control munition at him for no good reason.<\/p>\n

Palmer reportedly claimed that the Biden administration is unfairly targeting patriots in its effort to find and arrest rioters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just going about it and letting them make the mistakes that they want and ruin the country as they want, and I\u2019m just trying to live my life right now,\u201d he told the website.<\/p>\n

Palmer then hung up\u00a0abruptly when asked about the fire extinguisher, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

The Huffington Post reportedly tracked down Palmer with the help of an internet sleuth who worked with the Twitter<\/a> group\u00a0@capitolhunters<\/a>\u00a0 to find Palmer\u2019s identity using online images \u2014 including of his signature jacket \u2014 and other information.<\/p>\n

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Robert Scott Palmer at the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.<\/figcaption>
ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His attorney, Bjorn Brunvand, told the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday that Palmer turned himself in once he was informed that he would be charged.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s remorseful for his actions,\u201d Brunvand said. \u201cWe hope to resolve them without extensive litigation. I don\u2019t think it necessarily reflects who he is, despite the fact that he did some things that weren\u2019t very smart and that he regrets.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n