A former NFL linebacker is charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol attack
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A former NFL linebacker was arrested on Thursday and charged with assaulting law enforcement during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to court records.
A former NFL linebacker was arrested on Thursday and charged with assaulting law enforcement during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to court records. Antwione Williams, 31, who was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2016 and later played for the XFL’s DC Defenders, now part of the UFL, is alleged to be among the first rioters to breach the restricted perimeter of the Capitol during the attack, according to a criminal complaint against him by the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC. “Williams pushed through a group of rioters that formed … and attacked and overcame the U.S. Capitol Police officers,” according to the complaint. Prosecutors allege that Williams participated in violent confrontations with law enforcement as part of a mob, and was recorded on police body camera footage pulling bike racks from police and striking an officer on the head, according to the complaint. He was also allegedly seen on open-source video lunging at an officer who was “deploying spray to prevent rioters from taking one of the bike racks” being used to hold back the crowd, the document says. Williams later “grabbed and pushed two officers” as rioters were trying to shove past police lines, according to the complaint. In December 2022, the FBI received a tip that led them to the former linebacker after sharing images of people who breached the Capitol. Agents confirmed his identity by comparing riot photos with images from his social media account, according to the complaint.
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