Military veteran who killed Iraqi ordered to jail on Capitol riot charges

Edward Richmond Jr, a former US army soldier was ordered to jail on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during the 2021 attack on the US Capitol (Department of Justice via AP)

A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago has been ordered to surrender to the courts on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during a mob’s attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021.

Chief Judge James Boasberg agreed with prosecutors that Edward Richmond Jr, 40, of Geismar, Louisiana, is a danger to the community.