Ex-Virginia school board candidate accused of attacking police on Jan. 6 [View all]

A man who ran for a local school board position in Chesapeake, Va., last year was arrested this week and accused of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Jared Miller was identified by comparing footage of the Capitol attack with his social media profiles, according to court records. Video stills appear to show him hitting and pushing multiple police officers, pulling down barricades and shoving them at the police, and throwing a water bottle at officers. He’s charged with assaulting police and civil disorder, along with disorderly, violent and obstructive conduct on Capitol grounds.

In 2022, Miller told the news station 10 WAVY that he was running for school board because he was against mask mandates at his daughters’ schools. In an appeal on the conservative fundraising website GiveSendGo, Miller also called for a ban on “all political activism and symbolism inside the schools.” He described himself as a disabled U.S. Army veteran who received Special Forces training. A witness told investigators Miller was part of a group called the Constitutional Defense League and took part in past protests at the Virginia Capitol in Richmond.

The man identified as Miller wore a pink gas mask for much of his confrontation with police, which took place between 1 and 1:30 p.m., according to the court record. But he was captured without the mask in videos taken before and after those skirmishes, and the same witness told the government that Miller owned a similar pink mask. He was spotted on the lower west terrace of the Capitol without the mask, according to the government. The Capitol was breached at a different entrance a little after 2 p.m., while rioters on the terrace battled police for hours. There is no evidence in the court documents that Miller entered the Capitol building.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/25/jared-miller-arrested-jan-6/