
Protester Shot In Groin Faces Assault Charges | The Daily Caller
Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Stuart Cobin was seen kicking a round of tear gas at police officers during a riot on Tuesday night. Following his actions, police fired a pepper ball at his groin, prompting him to fall over in pain. He was helped up by another man wearing a Colin Kaepernick jersey.
Cobin, a support representative of website service provider GoDaddy, identified himself as the man in the video on Reddit. Posting under the username "gotyourqueen," Cobin claimed (despite his actions) that he isn't a member of Antifa and that he did not support violence towards police and Trump supporters.
"The pepper ball shot missed Major Johnson by 3 inches north so all I have is some bruising in the groin area," he wrote, adding that he witnessed a "peaceful protest" by the crowd as they were planning to march to the capitol