DOJ reveals striking details of riot arrests, including helicopter laser strikes and precinct arson
The Justice Department revealed Wednesday it has charged dozens of individuals across the nation for a slew of riot-related federal offenses in the wake of George Floyd's in-custody death.
Charges include impersonating a U.S. Marshal in Orlando, arson of a police precinct in Minneapolis, and aiming a green laser pointer at an FBI aircraft overhead in Milwaukee.
The crackdown comes as President Trump has repeatedly demanded a return to "LAW & ORDER" in the country. Attorney General Bill Barr exclusively told Fox News this week that "focused" investigations of the left-wing Antifa are underway, as well as a review of the role of right-wing groups.
The DOJ specifically released a document, obtained by Fox News, that outlines in dramatic detail how
some of the arrests were made amid the chaos.
For example, Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, was spotted on June 3 "wearing body armor and a law enforcement duty belt and carrying a baton" as he tried to enter a home improvement store. Wolfe had previously worked as a security guard at the store, but was "fired earlier that day after referring to social media posts about stealing items from the Third Precinct," the DOJ said.
Upon his arrest, Wolfe was allegedly wearing multiple items stolen from the Third
Precinct, including "body armor, a police-issue duty belt with handcuffs, an earphone piece, baton, and knife" -- and Wolfe's name was "handwritten in duct tape on the back of the body armor." Authorities later recovered a "riot helmet, 9mm pistol magazine, police radio, and police issue overdose kit" from Wolfe. He allegedly confessed to throwing a barrel into the fire at the police station.
Meanwhile, in Orlando on May 31, 36-year-old John Wesley Mobley, Jr., was "forced to stop his vehicle because of passing protestors," the DOJ said. At that point, authorities said, Mobley exited the car and pulled out "what appeared to be a law enforcement badge, waved it at the protestors, and stated something to the effect of 'Do you want to get arrested? Do you want to go to jail?'" In response, a protestor purportedly responded, “He’s a Marshal!”
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