An aspiring Texas actor has been accused of using a crutch to beat a police officer during the Capitol Hill riot in January, according to the FBI.
Luke Coffee, 41, faces charges of assaulting a federal police officer with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds for taking part in a turbulent crowd that stormed the building on 6 January, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Beast newspaper.
The coffee was identified as the man seen in the videos wearing a cowboy hat, camouflage jacket and blue bandana while carrying a crutch on the steps of the Capitol, according to the complaint.
He can also be seen with the object on his head before charging at a crowd of DC and Capitol police officers, according to the FBI.
The complaint also alleged that he hit a policeman in the chest and head with the crutch, and that the weapon was passed by riot police, who used it to attack other officers.
Coffee’s social media pages show that he is a supporter of Donald Trump and believes in QAnon’s conspiracy theories.
The day before the riot, Coffee said in a YouTube video that “All hell will be unleashed tomorrow,” the Daily Beast reported.
After the riot, Coffee continued his spending online, saying, “I was ready to die last night. We thought we were, we were totally gassed. And I literally thought I was being gassed to death as if I were in Nazi Germany, a Jew who was gassed to death. Okay, ”according to Dallas information, Central Track.
The coffee has appeared on several TV shows, including “Murder Made Me Famous,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Las Vegas” and others, according to its IMDB page.
The Justice Department has accused more than 200 people of assaulting the Capitol during an insurgency that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer.