Ex-U.S. Soldier Who Killed Iraqi Civilian Charged with Attacking Police on Jan. 6
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 23, 2024
A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of an Iraqi civilian in 2004 was charged on Monday with assaulting police officers with a baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced.
The former soldier, Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geismar, La., who was arrested on Monday in Baton Rouge, faces several federal charges, including civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and assaulting, resisting or . . .
