Violent Insurrectionist, and danger to the public, must remain in lockdown:
"A federal judge has revoked the release of an Orange County man accused of attacking police officers during the Jan. 6 riot in Washington D.C.
In agreeing to a request by prosecutors to keep Jeffrey Scott Brown behind bars pending trial, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras cited Brown’s “egregious actions at the Capitol,” along with a loud, one-man protest staged by Brown inside a Costco in Tustin against the state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
A magistrate judge initially ordered Brown’s release from custody. But on Friday, Judge Contreras in a written order ruled that Brown poses a threat to public safety and should remain in federal lockup.
Previously released video footage showed a man prosecutors have identified as Brown spraying pepper spray at an officer whose gas mask bad been ripped off by another rioter. Prosecutors say the footage also shows Brown in the thick of a skirmish between officer and rioters at the Lower West Terrace entrance to the Capitol, using his body to press the crowd forward.
A search of Brown’s Santa Ana home and vehicle after his arrest turned up multiple cans of pepper spray, a taser, a machete, a baseball bat with the words “Tire Striker” on the side, a bow and arrows, and a receipt for bear spray, ammunition and zip ties,” according to prosecutors.
The judge noted that Brown appears to have taken part in prior planning before traveling to the capitol, allegedly taking part in a messaging group of “able-bodied individuals” who were coming to Washington D.C. “ready and wiling to fight.” He also wrote that Brown “carried pepper spray during the riot and almost certainly used it against law enforcement.”
“Brown’s conduct was severe even by Capitol rioter standards,” Contreras wrote.
The judge also cited cell phone video taken by customers at the Costco that shows Brown standing on a table full of clothes in the middle of the store and yelling about the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. A YouTube video of the rant cited in the judge’s order indicates the incident took place at a Costco in Tustin in December.
“Brown’s Costco protest confirms he is willing to cause mayhem and disrupt order even outside the context of a mob,” the judge wrote. “He disagreed with his state’s COVID protocols, so he made his views known by climbing on a table, yelling at shoppers with a bullhorn and refusing to cease when store personnel asked him to.”
“Law enforcement had to put a stop to the protest,” the judge added. “Clearly, Brown is someone who acts on his beliefs.” "
Judge revokes release of California man accused of attacking police at Capitol riot
