U.S. Capitol Under Bomb Threat (2021-08-19).

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19 Aug 2021, 1:09 pm

Officials said Thursday that they are investigating “an active bomb threat” near the U.S. Capitol in Washington and are in negotiations with a man who drove a pickup truck onto a sidewalk and claimed that he had explosives.

U.S. Capitol Police said in a Twitter message that they were checking a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress. The Cannon, Jefferson and Madison office buildings have been evacuated. Police said there is a possible explosive device in the pickup truck, though no explosives have been found at this point.

At one point, a man who appeared to be in a pickup truck was live-streaming outside the area, talking about a revolution, and calling on "other patriots" ... the man claimed that the bomb in his truck would be detonated by a loud sound, such as a bullet shattering the glass, and then destroy the surrounding two city blocks. He also said there were four other “patriots” in four other cars elsewhere in the District. [...]


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19 Aug 2021, 1:29 pm

The alleged bomber, Floyd Ray Roseberry, a 49-year-old registered Republican from Grover (Cleveland County), North Carolina, was taken into custody without incident about 14:25, Washington time.

U.S. Capitol Police said Roseberry's mother recently passed away. Members of Roseberry's family told police he was dealing with "other issues."


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19 Aug 2021, 6:54 pm

Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol

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A man with a history of supporting former President Donald Trump and who has said "all Democrats need to step down" was arrested Thursday after an hours-long standoff near the US Capitol during which he claimed to have an explosive device.

Police have identified the suspect as 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry of Grover, North Carolina. The incident prompted multiple buildings in the area to be evacuated Thursday as authorities responded to an "active bomb threat investigation," the US Capitol Police wrote on Twitter.

USCP said in a news release later Thursday that no bomb was found in Roseberry's truck but that he did possess suspected bomb-making material. DC Police said in a tweet that the vehicle he was driving had been "cleared," and that road closures near the scene have now been lifted. USCP Chief Tom Manger, who told reporters on Thursday that authorities couldn't yet identify a motive, said that so far there is "no indication" Roseberry was acting with others.

On Roseberry's now-removed Facebook page, he frequently made pro-Trump posts and posted videos from Trump's "Million MAGA March" on November 14.
In video posted Thursday, Roseberry called himself a "patriot." He said he doesn't care if Trump ever becomes president again but also that he thinks "all Democrats need to step down."

Roseberry's son, Christopher Roseberry, told CNN on Thursday that he didn't fully understand what motivated the actions of his father and that he didn't know about his plans to go to Washington.

Christopher Roseberry said his father expressed political frustrations with him after the November election. "Since Biden got elected he's just been like, man ... he doesn't like change, I reckon. ... I tried to tell him ... 'Who cares what goes on up there in DC? Worry about what you've got down here.' I tried to tell him that and he's like, 'No, I'm sticking up for my country. We need to get the country back to the way it was,'" he said.
He said his father did not mention violence though, adding, "He just said, 'I want to make a change.'"

Roseberry's mother recently died, which his son said may have added to his frustration.

The Senate and House are not in session, and most lawmakers are not currently in their offices.

The Supreme Court was also evacuated on the recommendation of US Capitol Police, according to a spokesperson for the court, which is closed to the public because of Covid-19.


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After Capitol Hill bomb threat, GOP Rep. Mo Brooks sympathetic to ‘anger directed at dictatorial Socialism’
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Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama on Thursday responded to a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of numerous buildings on Capitol Hill by saying he understands “citizenry anger directed at dictatorial Socialism.”

The statement quickly drew heated criticism of Brooks, who voted to overturn the election of President Joe Biden and is facing a lawsuit from Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, who accuses him of helping to incite the deadly Capitol invasion on Jan. 6.

“Tell us you stand with the terrorist without telling us you stand with the terrorist,” Swalwell wrote on Twitter in response to Brooks’ statement.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, called Brooks’ statement “evil” in a Twitter post. Kinzinger was one of a handful of Republicans to vote for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment over the Capitol invasion.

In social media videos posted to Facebook, Roseberry repeatedly referenced a “revolution” and called on Biden to send someone to talk to him.

Brooks in his statement said that “although this terrorist’s motivation is not yet publicly known ... generally speaking, I understand citizenry anger directed at dictatorial Socialism and its threat to liberty, freedom and the very fabric of American society.”

He added that the way to stop socialism is for “patriotic Americans to fight back” in upcoming election cycles.

At the “Stop the Steal” rally, Brooks told crowds of Trump’s supporters to “start taking down names and kicking ass.” Trump in his own speech told the crowd to march to the Capitol: “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” he said.


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