18 Men Charged With Assaulting Police on January 6th Face Justice
To clarify a persistent and damaging myth, the Lower West Terrace was not the only place violence occurred at the Capitol on January 6th. Some have used this claim to create a false dichotomy of the events that day, of the "mostly peaceful" people who simply took a stroll in the Capitol, blissfully unaware of assaults on law enforcement. From the Oath Keepers in the East Rotunda to just outside the Senate chambers to Statuary Hall and various other locations, hundreds of suspects assaulted or impeded law enforcement away from the Lower West Terrace. Two notable examples are Riley Williams, the Pennsylvania woman accused of being involved in the theft of Nancy Pelosi's laptop; and Richard Barnett, the man who put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi's desk: both were convicted of felony civil disorder and other crimes and received three- and 4.5-year prison sentences, respectively. However, the Lower West Terrace was the site of the worst violence that occu...