“Sedition Panda” Rioter Convicted Of Assaulting Cop

May 24, 2024 Crime, Trump cultists

CBS News reports:

Jesse James Rumson, the man who dressed in a panda costume as he took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, has been convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer, according to court documents.

Earlier this month, Rumson waived his right to a jury trial, opting instead for bench trial. He was convicted on all eight counts by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols Friday for assaulting and resisting Prince George’s County Cpl. Scott Ainsworth and for broader disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds. Rumson is scheduled to be sentenced in September.

After rioters broke a door in the Senate wing on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said Rumson hopped over railings and was “among the first approximately twenty” to access the building through that entryway.

NBC News reports:



Rumson claimed during his testimony that he didn’t realize the Capitol building was restricted until he was inside, even though evidence showed he jumped over a railing and joined the mob surging inside seconds after a window on the door was smashed out by cane-wielding Jan. 6 rioter William Bierbrodt, who has since died.

Rumson ended up in handcuffs inside the Capitol and lost his panda head and backpack, but was freed from his handcuffs by other members of the mob once he got outside. While outside the building, Rumson yelled “get a ram!” as rioters smashed a window, video evidence at trial showed; he claimed at trial he “could not fathom” saying that.

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