Iced Earth, has been arrested for his participation in the US Capitol riots earlier this month.As the Wall Street Journal reports, Schaffer has been charged with engaging in violence in a restricted building and disorderly conduct, among other crimes.
Indystar reports he faces six charges in total.The artist was photographed at the riot wearing a hat proclaiming his lifetime membership to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group deemed an extremist organisation by the Southern Poverty Law Centre.According to an affidavit, reported by WSJ, during a pro-Trump march last year, Schaffer had said, “We’re not going to merge into some globalist, communist system, it will not happen.
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