in Washington, not far from the Capitol, arrested a man with a weapon, who gave himself to the corop: he was in ordinary clothes, but with a police belt, than scared local law enforcement officers. About it reports The Independent.
The man was also a memorial metro station of Washington from the Inauguration of the 43rd US President George Bush. Later, the detainee found a baton, handcuffs and a pepper can. The suspect was in a black jeep, on the roof of which put a flasher.
According to The Independent, we are talking about a 58-year-old man named Barry Newman. It is noted that he has a license of a special police officer (SPO) in Colombia, but this document does not give him the right to carry out law enforcement activities in another region without special purpose.
Security in Washington was repeatedly enhanced after the elections of the US President in November 2020. On January 6, the supporters of Donald Trump, dissatisfied with the victory of Joe Bayden, arranged rallies from the Capitol and burst into the building. During the riots, a participant in demonstrations and a police officer were killed, three more died from the causes that are not related to violence. The police could remove the storming participants from the Congress building, after which the Victory of Byyden was announced.