Jan. 6 rioter who taunted Capitol police that 'you work for us' during violent front-line surge

Source: Law & Crime

Dec 23rd, 2024, 2:55 pm


A Proud Boys member and Three Percenter will go to prison for the next two-and-a-half years for fighting with cops and breaking into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

Jeffrey David Reed, 49, of Texas, will also be on probation for two years following his release and must pay a $2,000 fine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a press release. During a bench trial, U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg found Reed guilty of a felony offense of civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses of entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

At the time of the riot, Reed lived in upstate New York and was a member of the Proud Boys’ Hudson Valley chapter in New York. Prosecutors said the day before the breach, Proud Boys president Enrique Tarrio added Reed to the “Boots on the Ground” text message group that included members who were in Washington, D.C., for then-President Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally.

Reed seemed eager for a plan. “This is so unorganized! Where is our order?” and “No f—ing support so far” and “no f—in plan either,” he texted. Joseph Biggs, another Proud Boys leader, told him the group was not going to plan anything for Jan. 5 and “Tomorrow’s the day,” prosecutors wrote in Reed’s sentencing memorandum. The group met on the morning of Jan. 6 at the Washington Monument to hash out their plans.

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