Florida Man Charged For Attacking Cops During Capitol Riot While Wearing 'Trump' Flag Jacket

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Federal authorities have charged a Florida man who was caught on video attacking police officers with a fire extinguisher while wearing an American flag jacket bearing the name of former President Donald Trump.

Robert Scott Palmer, a 53-year-old business owner from Clearwater, Florida, was arrested on Wednesday, according to court records. Palmer has been charged with assaulting/resisting/impeding officers, engaging in civil disorder, and entering restricted building or grounds, according to court records.

Details of the charges against him, including the FBI affidavit, are not yet public. A lawyer named on his court docket did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

HuffPost, building on the work of the citizen sleuths who have worked to hunt down the identities of members of the pro-Trump crowd that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, first publicly revealed Palmer’s identity on March 5. The FBI had received hundreds of thousands of tips about the Capitol attack, and multiple tips about Palmer’s identity had been in the agency’s possession for more than a month when HuffPost’s story published.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/florida-man-charged-attacking-cops-capitol-riot-163257289.html

[marble falls]

1. Headline writting used to be an art. If he hadn't been wearing the jacket, would he have OK? ...

... the jacket should be in the body not the headline.

I know: you didn't write the headline.

[CaptainTruth]

6. Headline pet peeves. I see "ex-" used incorrectly all the time.

For example:

Ex-Republican Senator (says or does something)

From that I can conclude that 1) the person is a Senator, & 2) they've left the Republican party because they're an ex-Republican (now presumably an Independent or Democrat).

Then I read the article & discover that the person is still a Republican, & they're an ex-Senator.

An ex-Republican Senator is not the same thing as a Republican ex-Senator, but too many folks in media don't seem to understand that.

[marble falls]

7. Whats happened to newspapers this last twenty years is a crying shame.

[Nevilledog]

2. Good.

I follow quite of few sedition trackers on Twitter......they have a treasure trove of video/photos. They're even looking at past rallies to identify the Capitol insurrectionists.

[Rorey]

3. "citizen sleuths"

I'm almost enjoying that it's taking awhile to get to some of these traitors. They probably think they got away with it until one day the authorities show up with handcuffs.

[intrepidity]

4. I remember that guy

Probably #246



Good! I celebrate every day I hear of a new arrest.

Join the fun, check here daily to see if you can help ID more of these losers:

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/capitol-violence

[CaptainTruth]

8. These "patriots" violate the Flag Code by wearing it as clothing.

They claim to be "patriots" yet they disrespect the American flag. Remember the gold Trump statue at CPAC? It was wearing flag shorts that looked like boxer shorts. So kneeling is bad, but wiping your ass on flag underwear is "patriotic"? FFS

Excerpt from the US Flag Code:

"The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery."

[intrepidity]

10. Yeah, I never understand it

It evokes a very bad visceral reaction in me when I see our flag worn.

[murielm99]

11. I don't like it when I see it.

It may be because my son was is an Eagle Scout and he was taught proper flag etiquette by his troop. The two scout leaders were both veterans and taught them respect.

[2naSalit]

12. I browsed the FBI site just now...

And after about the first row of images, I started thinking that I probably wouldn't recognize any since I would probably cross the street to avoid most of them if I saw them from a distance. I also kept thinking that I'm glad I don't know these people.

[OriginalGeek]

5. I go to Clearwater on occasion

does the article say what his business is? I'd like to give it wide berth.

He's not the guy from RPI Funding is he? I get sick of those commercials on TV all the time.

ETA~ Oh I found this in an article linked to the OP article:
"Robert Scott Palmer is a white 53-year-old husband and father who runs Son Bright Systems, a cleaning and restoration business. His criminal record includes being sentenced on charges of battery and felony fraud. "

I wish I had something needing cleaning so I could not hire that asshole.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. "Son Bright"

Not "Sun".
To me, that's a clear clue that this guy is a violent, Christian fundamentalist criminal.

[Griefbird]

13. Clearly, antifa

false flag operation.

[iluvtennis]

14. Caught - good! nt

[greblach]

15. Bees

Agree that the headline is not the greatest...I always wanted to write the captions to pix and or headlines...easier than writing the whole article. One of my favorite pictures/captions in a newspaper was when Boog Powell was surrounded by a swarm of bees...the caption read "Bees bug Boog in Baltimore"

[lame54]

16. Crime of Fashion

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. This is the work of Antifa and BLM.

Clearly.