Johnston helped make a 'shield wall.' The actor was "handed a stolen U.S. Capitol police riot shield from a rioter" and helped the mob make a "shield wall" to push against the police line.

There, he used a stolen police riot shield to form a “shield wall” inside a tunnel against law enforcement and participated in a “‘heave-ho’ push” that “pinned and crushed” a ...

He admitted that during the attack, he used a police riot shield he’d stolen to form a wall inside a tunnel to fend off approaching law enforcement officers. He also participated in a push with ...

Runner stood in place, holding the riot shield while facing ... Runner formed a wall of shields with other rioters, facing off against police. Rioters then again used Runner as a shield, lunging ...

He then gestured toward the crowd before joining a wall of protesters with a stolen Capitol police riot shield. The entertainer was arrested June 7, 2023 for multiple riot-related misdemeanors ...

Runner faced off with Capitol police while holding a riot shield that he’d taken earlier. Runner formed a human wall with other shield-wielding rioters to rebuff law enforcement officers ...

David Nicholas Dempsey’s sentence is among the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot ... the shield on his gas mask and cutting his head. “I collapsed and caught myself against the wall ...

Another angle of video footage captures him standing between a group of rioters and police officers while holding a police shield underneath ... D.C. the day of the riot and recalled wearing ...

A California man who cracked the face shield of one police officer ... other instances of political violence. Throughout the riot, Dempsey placed himself at the center of the most violent episodes ...

David Nicholas Dempsey's sentence is among the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot ... the shield on his gas mask and cutting his head. “I collapsed and caught myself against the wall as ...