2020 presidential election<\/a>, a group of rioters stormed the capital building. The group was led by an organization called the Proud Boys. The Proud Boys are an organization that is far-right extremists who are considered Neo Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\nParkersburg, West Virginia is not unknown to the Proud Boys organization and has a chapter in its city. The head of the West Virginia chapter, Jefferey Finley, was one of the first people to break into the capital building. He used violence to break into the building and caused a lot of damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jefferey Finley helped the other members from Parkersburg, West Virginia get into the capital and communicated with other leaders of the Proud Boys comity to help the cause. He left the capital building at one point during the riot to find that the police outside had doubled and no one else was able to get inside the capital building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He contacted the leaders of the organization and told them to make sure no one else left the capital building because if they left, they would not get back in. By releasing this information, the leaders were allowed to cause more damage inside the US capital building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April of 2022, he admitted guilt and was charged with a year in prison and is required to pay a $500 fine to help pay for damages done to the capital building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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