It's a great day when idiots who break the law and partake in an insurrection, go to prison. This idiot from Massachusetts was arrested on March 30. He's the Idiot of the Week, now rotting in jail where he belongs. Here's the story.
Plymouth resident, a former Boston police officer, arrested in connection with Jan. 6 riot Charges include assaulting a Capitol officer.
David R. Smith, wickedlocal.com, Mar 30, 2023
BOSTON - Plymouth resident Joseph R. Fisher, a former Boston Police officer, was arrested by the FBI Thursday, March 30, on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, in connection with the Jan 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
His arrest brings the total number of people arrested by the FBI Boston office in connected with Jan. 6 to 22, according to the agency.
The FBI took Fisher, 52, safely into custody at his home. He is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with a long list of offenses.
The FBI provided stills of who they claim is Plymouth resident Joseph Fisher inside the Capitol Building during the Jan. 6, 2021, riots.
They include the felony offenses of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder, the misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, acts of physical violence on the Capitol grounds or building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
He is expected to make his initial appearance later today (March 30) in Massachusetts federal court.
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Where on in the Capitol was Joseph R. Fisher pictured
According to the FBI, Fisher entered the Capitol Building at approximately 2:24 p.m. the day of the riots via the Senate Wing Door on the North side of the Capitol.
Fisher was in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Orientation Lobby about 15 minutes later, where an altercation began between a Capitol police officer and other rioters.
As an officer pursued a rioter who had deployed pepper spray, Fisher pushed a chair into the officer, according to the FBI. Fisher then engaged in a physical altercation with the officer. Shortly afterwards, he exited the building.
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