Missouri Man Charged With Assaulting, Taunting Police During Jan. 6 US Capitol Breach

Missouri Man Charged With Assaulting, Taunting Police During Jan. 6 US Capitol Breach
Cale Clayton of Drexel, Mo., taunts police from under scaffolding at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "You guys are losing lots of bodies," he allegedly said. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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The FBI arrested a Missouri man on March 31, alleging that he stole a police officer’s baton, grabbed at an officer’s riot shield, and repeatedly taunted police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Cale Clayton, 41, of Drexel, Missouri, was charged in a criminal complaint (pdf) filed in Washington with assaulting, resisting, or impeding police; civil disorder; theft of government property; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a Capitol building or grounds; and several other charges.
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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