The two men left a subpoena and subpoena at the Virginia Veterans Day ceremony because they disagreed with one of the men’s “Fk Biden” logo.
Virginia Capitol police Two men were detained on Thursday on the grounds that one of them parked the car in two remote areas and assaulted another man on charges of disorderly conduct. Both are allowed to leave on their own, but additional charges may be brought against one of them.
Soon after the Veterans Day ceremony began, 60-year-old Ronald Hedlund arrived at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia State Capitol Police told reporters that Hurdlund drove his pickup truck across the sidewalk and stopped in the restricted area near the bottom of the Memorial Amphitheater. Weekly newspaper.
On the bed of his truck, Hedlund displayed a banner that read “F–k Biden”, referring to the president Joe BidenBiden’s son Bo served in the military, and he attended Veterans’ Day service at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, about 100 miles away.
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Hedlund’s truck was “very obvious” among those attending the Veterans Day ceremony in Richmond, and the Capitol Police asked him to move. The 60-year-old refused and questioned the right of Congress police to ask him to evacuate the area.
The head of the agency, Colonel Anthony Parker, said in a statement: “The Capitol Police did everything to ease the escalation of this matter and let the ceremony end first without interference.” “We feel free to express one’s ideas. Rights are very sensitive, but when they disagree with our efforts to ease the situation, we have no choice.”
Congressional police remained in Hedlund until the end of the ceremony, because they feared that if they took additional actions, they would disrupt the ceremony.
After the ceremony, the 58-year-old veteran Carl Gruno approached the truck and climbed onto the bed. He tried to cover the banner with his suit jacket, at which time he was detained by Congress police and summoned for disorderly conduct.
The officials escorted Gruno to his car and allowed him to leave the memorial. The Congressional Police reported that there was no physical contact between the two.
Parker said: “I commend our officials for trying to get Mr. Hedlund to leave peacefully and respect the ceremony to commemorate our veterans.” “We take our role as peacekeepers seriously and minimize the escalation of freedom of speech issues as much as possible.”
Disorderly conduct is a level 1 misdemeanor in Virginia, the most serious of all misdemeanors, and can be punishable by up to one year in prison, a fine of $2,500, or both.
Pike said in a statement that the Congressional Police are investigating Hedlund’s actions and plan to discuss possible additional charges with the Richmond Federal Attorney’s Office.
