Enrique Tarrio ARRESTED by U.S. Capitol Police after Throwing Protester’s Phone in DC

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police today in DC, after throwing a protester’s phone

Note: This is the exact moment this recording began, I do not have any earlier footage from this incident

A police spokesperson later indicated Tarrio was arrested for Simple Assault. They stated the following:

“Around 2:30 p.m., our officers witnessed a woman (a counter protester) put a cell phone close to a man’s face, while they were both walking near Delaware Avenue, NE, and D Street. Then the officers witnessed the man strike the woman’s phone and arm. The woman told our officers that she wanted to be a complainant, and the man was arrested for the simple assault. The man has been identified as Enrique Tarrio.

The suspect had just held a news conference on Capitol Grounds without incident. When the Simple Assault was witnessed, the news conference had just finished and the group was in the process of leaving Capitol Grounds.”