Robert Scott Palmer at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Robert Scott Palmer is the first person to be sentenced for the felony of assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon. Not staying at home, not watching Netflix, not doing what you were doing before you got arrested." Palmer was first publicly identified by online sleuths, who tracked him down through pictures and video of Palmer in an American flag jacket brawling outside the Capitol. According to his plea agreement, Palmer sprayed a fire extinguisher at a line of police and twice threw the empty canister.

Source: CNN December 18, 2021 12:36 UTC