Two Virginia police officers have been charged in connection to the deadly riots at the Capitol last week.
Rocky Mount Police Department officers, Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson, were charged on Wednesday with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to a criminal complaint.
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The two men who were off duty at the time traveled to D.C. and was photographed inside the Capitol making an obscene gesture in front of the John Stark statute.
The photo was then posted on social media—where Robertson defended their actions and said he was “fucking proud” because he was “willing to put skin in the game,” according to a criminal complaint.
“CNN and the Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business … The right IN ONE DAY took the fucking U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us,” Roberson wrote.
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In a separate Facebook post Fracker said “Lol to anyone who’s possibly concerned about the picture of me going around… Sorry I hate freedom? Sorry I fought hard for it and lost friends for it? Not like I did anything illegal, WAY too much to lose to go there but, ya’ll do what you feel you need to lol,” he wrote. “I can protest for what I believe in and still support your protest fro [sic] what you believe in. Just saying..after all, I fought for the right to do it…”
The complaint says that Robertson also admitted to Newsweek that he and Fracker “sent the photo to their police department colleague, and after it was leaked to social media he reposted it on his own Facebook page.”
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According to the complaint Robertson claimed he broke no laws and was escorted in by police, “notwithstanding his previous posts that he had “attacked the government” and “took the fucking Capitol. Moreover, at that date and time, the United States Capitol was on lockdown and the defendants’ presence inside was without lawful authority.”
