In Washington, a man claiming to have a bomb was arrested near the Capitol

New security alert around the Capitol, in Washington, concluded by the arrest of the main suspect, without clashes. Early in the morning, Thursday, August 19, a black pickup was parked near the seat of the bicameral Parliament. His driver told a police officer he was in possession of a bomb. The police immediately cordoned off many adjacent streets, due to a “Suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress”, suspected of containing explosives.

The evacuation of several buildings was organized, while the FBI joined the Capitol Police in handling this alert. Negotiators attempted to make contact with the man in the pickup, who lacked a license plate. It was for the experts to identify both the motivations of the driver and the exact nature of what he was carrying.

“Joe, you are killing America”

While the police distilled the information with legitimate caution, social media were far ahead of them. The man in question, 49, named Floyd Ray Roseberry, was already broadcasting rants on Facebook, driving his vehicle, addressing President Joe Biden and claiming to speak to him. Mark Zuckerberg’s group quickly froze their account, but the videos were being picked up on other sites. The suspect attacked in particular foreigners, who would benefit from Social Security, and posed as a proud representative of the south of the country.

“I love this land. We have several options here, Joe. You shoot me, and two and a half blocks away go with me. ” Floyd Ray Roseberry threw handfuls of dollars on the asphalt beside his pickup. His wife, reached by NBC, said he was supposed to be fishing, hence his departure from the family home in Grover, NC..

“I don’t want to take a life”, said Floyd Ray Roseberry, shaved head, salt and pepper goatee and white t-shirt, filming himself with a cell phone, with a kind of barrel on his knees. “I’m a good American patriot, Joe. (…) you are killing America. You make people want to leave America. ”

The police first used a whiteboard to communicate with him, said one of his officials, before sending him a cell phone thanks to a robot, which he did not use. He then got out of his car and surrendered, without incident.

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