The U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a man near the Capitol with high capacity magazines

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

What happened: The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement they arrested an armed 53-year-old man around 5:00 a.m. parked in close proximity to the Capitol complex.

What he had: The man, identified as Jerome Felipe from Flint, Mich., had a fake badge, BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and other ammunition. Police caught up with him parked in a 2017 Dodge Challenger on the west side of the complex.

Their interaction: According to police, Felipe gave the officers a badge that read "Department of the INTERPOL." (Obviously, no such agency exists.) They said no real guns were found.

The agency posted pics of what they found:

Link to tweet

Read more: https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/06-3-2022/a-troubling-arrest/

[rsdsharp]

1. High capacity magazines aren't of much use in a BB gun.

[pnwmom]

2. He might not be a gun expert. n/t

[rsdsharp]

9. I don't know, of course, but my guess is that an ex cop would know

that he couldn’t use .223 rifle magazines in a BB handgun.

[pnwmom]

11. Where does it say ex-cop? n/t

[rsdsharp]

12. It doesn't in that article, but numerous sources say so.

CNBC Headline:

Former New York cop arrested outside U.S. Capitol with fake badge, BB gun, body armor, ammo and high-capacity magazines.

NBC News headline:

Retired officer arrested outside U.S. Capitol with body armor, ammo and fake Interpol badge.

CBS News:

https://m.

[pnwmom]

14. This ex-cop sounds like he has a few screws loose.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/former-new-york-cop-arrested-outside-us-capitol-with-bb-gun-ammo.html

[paleotn]

6. Yea. Weird. Not much good for anything without the correct firearm...

Like rifles don't make very good clubs, magazines don't make very good throwing objects. Just carry rocks. Legal everywhere. Me thinks there's a whole lot more to this story.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Prob waiting for partner to come with actual guns when coast is clear, or there's a pickup point. nt

[rsdsharp]

10. Why carry the BB gun?

[Captain Zero]

19. Exactly what I thought, due to DC gun laws

nt

[Snoopy 7]

4. set up

Was he trying to get killed without killing another?

[paleotn]

5. Suicide by Secret Service? A possibility.

[Roy Rolling]

7. Reconnaissance?

Someone used him to make security reveal how they respond to threats? That is useful information for those planning a diversion.

[llashram]

8. I would think

this is a distinct possibility. The RW scum intent on turning America into a fascist state is not done yet with doing that very thing that they tried to do on 1/6/21.

[imavoter]

18. He's either nuts

or what you said above

Or some kind of diversion to lure
away the Secret Service

[Linda Ed]

13. It's all because

drumpf lit the fire and started all this chit

[Calista241]

15. I wonder what he'll be charged with, though it will probably be some misdemeanor.

Unless he actually represented himself as an officer. The badge looks more like a kids toy replica.

And that's an awful liberal interpretation of 'body armor' in that picture. The stack of papers in the bag would offer a LOT more armor protection than the two vests.

Nice car though.

[truthisfreedom]

16. Weird story. I'd like to hear how it ends.

[PoliticAverse]

17. I don't know how it will end, but I suspect the next step will be a mental health evaluation. n/t

[Captain Zero]

20. Old guys in Dodge Chargers

Is kind of similar to old guys on Harleys. I've noticed it for several years.

First time when I was considering buying a Charger myself, haha.