WASHINGTON - An Arkansas man has been charged by federal prosecutors after FBI agents identified him in several videos that appear to show him beating a police officer with the pole of an American flag during the violent Jan.
6 pro-Trump Capitol riot that resulted in the deaths of five people.According to court papers released Thursday, Peter Francis Stager was identified in several videos that allegedly appear to show him participating in the violent insurrection that occurred at the U.S.
Capitol.In one video, Stager can allegedly be seen attacking a police officer identified only as B.M., the criminal arrest warrant says.FBI agents interviewed a close associate of Stager, who said Stager believed he was striking an Antifa activist.