JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Mississippi man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prosecutors said Donald Walker, 48, of Kosciusko, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with a felony offense of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining and disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds and parading, picking, and demonstrating and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.
The FBI arrested Walker on Monday, March 25, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi. Walker made his initial appearance in the Southern District of Mississippi.
According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Walker was seen on Metropolitan Police Department body-worn camera footage approaching the police line and bike rack barricades established on the West Plaza of Capitol grounds. Walker is then allegedly seen locking his arm through a bike rack barricade and pulling it toward him as officers attempt to defend the police line and gain control of the barricade. Police then disperse a chemical irritant at Walker, and he is seen retreating from the police line.
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WALKER (circled in red) placing his hand on top of an officer’s hand and pulling on the bike rack. (Courtesy: United States Attorney for the District of Columbia) -
WALKER (circled in red) exiting the U.S. Capitol through the Parliamentarian
Door at approximately 2:57 p.m. (Courtesy: United States Attorney for the District of Columbia) -
Screenshot from open-source video of WALKER at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Courtesy: United States Attorney for the District of Columbia) -
Screenshot from open-source video of WALKER (circled in red) in the northwest courtyard of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Courtesy: United States Attorney for the District of Columbia) -
Photograph shown to Individual 1, positively identifying WALKER (circled in yellow). (Courtesy: United States Attorney for the District of Columbia)
Prosecutors say Walker then re-approaches the police line and again allegedly grabbed the bike rack barricade and attempted to wrestle it away from a police officer. Walker is again sprayed with a chemical irritant by police, causing him to retreat.
Court documents say that Walker later entered the Capitol building via the Parliamentarian Door at approximately 2:54 p.m.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting this case.