No sooner was Tyler Bradley Dykes released from Virginia prison over his role in Charlottesville’s “Unite the Right” white supremacists' rally than he was re-arrested for attacking the U.S. Capitol.
Dykes is a former Marine who served several months in prison for his role in the Charlottesville event. Now, he seems to be in bigger trouble.
Federal investigators say Tyler Bradley Dykes, of South Carolina, joined a mob that forced its way through the Columbus Doors on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the process, they say, he assaulted police and disarmed an officer of their riot shield. Once inside investigators say Dykes can be seen in his tan baseball cap and grey neck gaiter parading through the building still holding the shield. He faces multiple felony counts of civil disorder, entering a restricted building with a dangerous weapon and assaulting, resisting or impeding police.
Dykes was identified as early as December 2021 by an anonymous tipster who said Dykes had spoken about “beating up police officers” at the Capitol on Jan. 6. According to the tipster, Dykes said he was still in the military at the time. Dykes served in the U.S. Marine Corps but was dismissed after he was named as a suspect in a string of vandalisms in Sumpter County, South Carolina, according to Virginia Public Media.
Yeah, he seems nice.
