Authorities identified a Capitol rioter because he wore a bright red backpack with his last name embroidered on it

Sun, 03/05/2023 - 21:19

A group of people in red and green clothing look at a yellow document. One is wearing a red backpack with the word — Screenshot from a criminal complaint of CCTV footage showing a man with a red backpack.
Department of Justice

North Carolina resident Chris Carnell was arrested in connection to the January 6 riots.
Accessories helped authorities to identify him, including a pair of Pit Viper sunglasses.
Carnell also snapped photos with white nationalists Nick Fuentes and Baked Alaska the day prior.

A Capitol rioter from North Carolina was charged by federal authorities who identified him and a friend by the brightly colored — and sometimes painfully obvious — accessories they wore when storming the Capitol.