Florida man allegedly involved in group that beat officer with flagpole on Jan. 6 arrested

[RandySF]

A Florida man accused of assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer as part of a group that was equipped with a baton, flag pole and crutch during the Jan. 6 riot was arrested on Tuesday.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced on Wednesday that 26-year-old Mason Joel Courson was arrested the day prior and faces multiple charges, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and inflicting bodily injury.

An indictment filed in mid-November alleges that Courson and several others used a flag pole, crutch and baton to “forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with” a Metropolitan Police Department officer on Jan. 6 in the late afternoon.

The indictment also said that earlier that day Courson “committed and attempted to commit an act to obstruct, impede, and interfere with a law enforcement officer lawfully engaged” in the performance of their duties.





https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/586171-florida-man-allegedly-involved-in-group-that-beat-officer-with

[bottomofthehill]

1. Fucking insurrectionist. Lock him up for a long time.

Attack the Capitol👍
Assault Cops. 👍
Terrorize staff. 👍
Try to stop the peaceful transfer of power👍
Go to jail👍

[quakerboy]

15. A few months, if they go hard

These people are being hand slapped. Lightly

[orangecrush]

23. Not for aggravated assault.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Over 4 years in jail is not a hand slap.

[quakerboy]

29. For attacking law enforcement in an attempt to overthrow the government, it sure is

And even if it was, precious few of them are getting anywhere near 4 years.

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. A crutch? nt

[PatSeg]

7. Yeah, that jumped out at me too

Sounds like a clever but sinister way to get a weapon into the Capitol.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. Indeed. My mother would call it "playin' possum." nt

[PatSeg]

17. And clearly someone wanted to cause harm

If he could have gotten away with it, he probably would have been armed with an AR-15.

[colorado_ufo]

8. I remember seeing that crutch on TV, during the insurrection.

Jerks.

[Aviation Pro]

12. Probably weighted with ball bearings or shot inside the hollow

It was a weapon.

[bottomofthehill]

18. They attacked with anything and everything on 1/6

?ve=1&tl=1

[alfredo]

3. When a sentence starts with "Florida Man", nothing good will follow.

[gab13by13]

4. Why isn't he also being charged with

impeding or obstructing an official proceeding of Congress? A judge already ruled that was an appropriate crime to charge them with, a Trump appointed judge I believe.

[colorado_ufo]

10. They go with they can most easily prove.

They want the charges to stick.

[Moosepoop]

21. He is being charged with it.

The article posted only lists some of the charges, not all of them.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1456661/download

Scroll down to Count Nineteen

[MLAA]

5. Since it took so long to arrest him that

when he was arrested he was probably pretty confident he got away with it! Icing on the cake!

[Grins]

6. "A Florida man..."

Perfect! Of course he is.

[Aviation Pro]

11. Not so confident and cocky now, are you, dumb fuck?

[UTUSN]

13. I suppose any Repuke that takes the presidency will do a group Pardon of all of these traitors.

[Traildogbob]

14. Loose 2nd amendment right for life

And they all must have random searches of their homes, like drug testing to assure they comply. Have a gun, go to prison. Fuck all these treasonist. America needs a desire to take out this cancer as strong as we as Americans went after Hitler and Japan. That’s the threat these assholes and their “elected” leaders pose.

[quakerboy]

16. the Active duty Marine who helped assault the capital

Got his rights to have guns returned a few months ago.

[notinkansas]

19. What?

Is a source available for that?

Rights returned by same judge who initially sentenced him?

[Traildogbob]

20. 😡😡😡😡

Damn sickening.

[quakerboy]

28. Just happened to look him up a few days ago after someone posted the nyt video

Was fairly surprised, though i guess i shouldn't be given the minimal sentences, organic food dispensation, okd for vacations, etc.

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/judge-quantico-marine-can-possess-gun-while-awaiting-trial-on-capitol-riot-charges/article_da996bae-0f33-11ec-b752-8f861a154502.html

[orangecrush]

22. Goodbye dirtbag!

[Escurumbele]

24. No wonder jack asses like DeSantis win in Florida...so many of these insurrectionists come from

the sunny state...maybe the sun is doing it to them.

[Jon King]

26. We have lived in Florida for 25 years.

Pretty much like many states, pockets of normal people like here in our area, surrounded by maniacs. We love it since we are always active and outdoors. Unfortunately the Hispanic males have mostly gone Trumpy since for some strange reason they consider him 'manly' with his 'trophy wife'. Talking to a Hispanic male down here from age 25-65 is like talking to someone out of the 1950s in regards to their ideas on women and what makes a guy macho. And those Hispanics combined with the rurals and the midwest retirees have handed the state to Desantis.

[Permanut]

27. So he may not be able to run for the Senate in 2022..

So 2028 then.

[Skittles]

30. and I am hoping that guy has been shitting bricks since Jan 6

fascist fucker