Geophysicist Accused of Beating Cop at Capitol Riot Claims He Was Just 'Patting Him on the Back'

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What an asshole..

Geophysicist Accused of Beating Cop at Capitol Riot Claims He Was Just 'Patting Him on the Back'

Source: daily beast

A Texas father and son were also charged Wednesday after allegedly celebrating a birthday by invading the Capitol. 

Updated Jan. 27, 2021 1:22PM ET / Published Jan. 27, 2021 12:16PM ET 


A Colorado geophysicist accused of beating up a police officer during the Capitol riots claimed to federal authorities he wasn’t violently attacking the cop—just simply “patting him on the back.” 

Jeffrey Sabol, 51, was charged with civil disorder after he was captured on video dragging a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer down a flight of stairs while another rioter hit the cop with an American flag during the Jan. 6 siege. In another video, Sabol was seen holding a police baton across the officer’s neck. After the savage attack, Sabol bought a plane ticket to Zurich in an attempt to flee, prosecutors said. 

The geophysicist was arrested Friday at Westchester Medical Center after he admitted to assaulting an officer on the steps of the Capitol in a “fit of rage,” prosecutors said. 

A newly unsealed criminal complaint states the MPD cop was trying to prevent rioters from entering the Capitol when he was suddenly dragged down the stairs. He was put in a prone position on the stairs and hit in the “head and body with various objects.” 


Sabol, dressed in a tan jacket and black helmet, can be seen in several videos “holding an instrument believed to be a police officer’s baton across the police officer’s lower neck” while his left hand is on the officer’s back................................

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-sabol-geophysicist-accused-of-beating-cop-at-capitol-riot-claims-he-was-patting-him-on-the-back?via=ios 

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