What to know about Capitol riot defendants and the Justice for J6 rally

Charging paperwork and public video depict rampaging episodes of violence in opposition to 139 officers — assaults involving weapons together with batons, metallic racks, baseball bats, flagpoles and chemical irritants. Fifty 5 defendants have been charged with utilizing a harmful weapon in opposition to or critically injuring officers, together with beating one downed man for 16 seconds with a hockey stick, flattening and dragging others down steps right into a crowd of rioters, electro-shocking one with a stun gun and holding a baton in opposition to one other’s neck.