(KATV) — A man who beat a police officer with a flagpole while storming the U.S. Capitol last week has been identified as an Arkansas resident, authorities announced Thursday.
The FBI said in a court affidavit that Peter Francis Stager was identified after videos of the attack were posted on Twitter. One of the videos shows him repeatedly striking a Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police officer with a pole affixed to the U.S. flag. The officer had fallen on the ground while being attacked by a violent mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters.

