FBI Arrests 'Tunnel Commander,' An Anti-Abortion Extremist Who Attacked Cops On Jan. 6

[Nevilledog]

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Ryan J. Reilly
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BREAKING AT HUFFPOST: The FBI has arrested #TunnelCommander, an anti-abortion extremist who participated in the Jan. 6 attack. He’s been on #seditionhunters radar for awhile now. Story with @AlannaVagianos:

FBI Arrests 'Tunnel Commander,' An Anti-Abortion Extremist Who Attacked Cops On Jan. 6
David Mehaffie was charged with attacking law enforcement during a January riot at the U.S. Capitol Building.
huffpost.com
8:51 AM · Aug 12, 2021

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-arrests-tunnel-commander-anti-abortion-capitol-riot_n_61152eb9e4b07c1403123f7e?15j

An Ohio man who was identified by online investigators in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack was arrested by the FBI on Thursday and charged with attacking law enforcement during a brutal siege on the western side of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Dave Mehaffie of Dayton, Ohio, was known to online investigators as #TunnelCommander because he was issuing orders to members of the mob who were attacking officers during a brutal battle at the lower western terrace entrance to the Capitol. Mehaffie was 86-AFO on the FBI’s Capitol wanted list, meaning he was wanted for assault on a federal officer.

A judge signed an arrest warrant for Mehaffie on Aug. 4 after he was indicted by a grand jury as part of an existing case.

Mehaffie was involved in one of the toughest battles of the Capitol siege. Members of the mob had stormed past police barriers and ascended the scaffolding set up for President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, and were attempting to break into the building. During the “medieval” battle, members of the pro-Trump mob kidnapped D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who was repeatedly electroshocked. Rosanne Boyland, a pro-Trump member of the mob, was trampled during the brutal clash. The woman’s brother-in-law said that former President Donald Trump “incited a riot” that killed one of his “biggest fans.”

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[lindysalsagal]

1. Dave Mehaffie of Dayton, Ohio. Better to use the idiot's real name than a pseudonym

It gives him too much power to seem like he's fooled people. Not any longer.

[RockRaven]

2. It took seven months to get this guy...

I wonder if after five or six months he thought he had gotten away with it.

[gratuitous]

3. I sincerely hope that Mr. Mahaffie thought he was in the clear

I also hope he gets the best possible representation, so that when he's convicted he doesn't have any appealable issues from his criminal trial, and that he spends a substantial portion of the rest of his life in prison for failing to violently overthrow the government of the United States.

[dsweet]

6. I imagine it worries a whole lot of them.

And every little bit of information the FBI releases terrifies them. We read "...he was identified by unreleased surveillance video...," and we just keep reading. These people freeze, stare at those words, get cold sweat, and new round of paranoia descends upon them.

When I review the pictures on fbi.gov, as everybody should do on occasion, I can't help but imagine what those people are going through right this red-hot second. They know they were there, they know what they did, they are at the mercy of people around them to not rat them out. This will just keep happening for years to come.

As an aside, I am really surprised that the guy with the full head tattoo (#218) is still at large.

[Maraya1969]

4. Another bit of information that proves these anti-abortionists don't care about life

It's all about control and subjugation.

[Corgigal]

5. Oh they care about white babies,

just for the numbers, of course. Will not raise taxes to feed them either.

[Traildogbob]

7. And while in prison

He will not have to have any concern about women’s bodies. Just need to focus on his own. If he gets out, maybe he can start support group for women that have been sexually assaulted.

[in2herbs]

8. If there ever was an opportune time to challenge the pro-life commitment to the unborn IMO

this is it, seeing as how so many pro-lifers were part of the Jan 6 insurrection. It's time the D's create a special taxation assessment (it would have to be on everyone) with the tax money going only to supporting the children of those women/families that pro-lifers convince not to have an abortion. The tax should be large enough to provide funding from date of birth thru college. I'd bet the pro-lifers would object to such a tax, but their hypocrisy should be seized upon.