A California man was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police officers in Washington on Sept. 13. Officials said the man was taken into custody near the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. He was identified as Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California. Craighead allegedly had multiple knives in his truck, including a machete, which is illegal to possess in the nation’s capital. Capitol Police officers noticed the Dodge Dakota pickup truck, which bore a swastika and other white supremacist symbols and lacked a license plate, outside of the DNC headquarters around midnight. The officers pulled the truck over and noticed the machete and a bayonet. They stated that Craighead said he was “on patrol” and discussed white supremacist ideology. There was no clear link between the suspect and any upcoming demonstrations. “This is good police work plain and simple,” Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement. “We applaud the officers’ …
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