California man charged with attacking police with a pole and chemicals during Capitol attack

Two Los Angeles men allege David Dempsey had used the same tactics to assault them during protests five months earlier

When David Dempsey was arrested in California on Thursday and charged with attacking police officers defending the US Capitol on 6 January, local activists in Los Angeles were not surprised.

Federal prosecutors have accused 34-year-old Dempsey of striking police at the Capitol with improvised weapons, including a crutch and a pole, and spraying them with a chemical agent, according to the criminal complaint against him.

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