A Connecticut man has been arrested on charges that he assaulted a police officer, whom he pinned between two doors, during the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol.
Patrick Edward McCaughey III, 23, of Ridgefield, repeatedly told Capitol Police Officer Daniel Hodges “just go home” and “come on man, you are going to get squished” as he pinned Hodges between a riot shield that McCaughey was holding and the doors, a criminal complaint said.
As McCaughey did so, another rioter “began violently ripping off Officer Hodges’ gas mask, exposing Officer Hodges bloodied mouth,” said the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
“Don’t try and use that stick on me boy,” McCaughey snapped at Hodges, referring to a police riot baton.
Hodges is seen on a YouTube video of the attack crying out in pain as a hoard of supporters of then-President Donald Trump pushed in against him, adding their weight to McCaughey’s.
McCaughey was spotted leaving the Capitol later by security cameras after hitting other cops with the riot shield, according to the complaint.
