The FBI arrested a man in Nashville early on Sunday morning after he allegedly posted from his Facebook account about participation in the US Capitol riots on January 6, adding also some criticism of Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
Blake A. Reed, 35, was arrested by FBI agents in Nashville on Sunday morning, Tennessee’s attorney general announced on Twitter on Sunday. The tweet said Reed was accused of connection to the Capitol disturbances, but did not provide additional details other than a selfie by Reed and a screenshot of a Facebook post from his account marked with the United States Capitol location.
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“We, the people, speak and are upset! No antifa, no BLM … We, the people, took the Capitol! All American ethnicities were here. Democratic tyranny WILL NOT BE! WE TALK !!” Blake Austin Reed said in a Facebook post, sharing photos of protesters outside the Capitol on January 6.
The post included several hashtags, including #StopTheSteal, content that Facebook has since said it would begin to actively remove in the days leading up to the inauguration. Reed is photographed on the left wearing goggles on his forehead and what appeared to be a gas mask around his neck.
The lawyer’s office did not immediately return a voice message left by Fox News.
Reed was arrested at Davidson County Prison on Sunday morning, The Tennessean reported.
He is one of several Tennessee suspects accused so far in connection with the Capitol riot.
Blake Austin Reed, 35, was arrested by FBI agents in Nashville in connection with the United States Capitol riot on January 6. This is the photo of your reservation released by the Nashville Metro Police Department.
FBI agents arrested another man, Mathew Bledsoe, in the Memphis area on Friday. He is facing several federal charges for allegedly entering a restricted building and demonstrating disorderly conduct on Capitol Hill on January 6.
According to the Justice Department, an insider provided the FBI with a compilation of videos that Bledsoe shared with his stories on his Instagram account on January 6, before and after entering Capitol Hill.
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In the video, an alarm can be heard ringing in the background on the Capitol, while a companion shouts “We are entering.” Bledsoe turns the camera to show the door and says, “At the Capitol. This is our home. We pay for this shit. Where’s that shit?”
His wife also posted on her own Facebook page that, “Matt was inside the Capitol, he was one of the first. They shouted and shouted, that’s all … My husband is a patriotic soldier. [sic], “according to court documents.
Separately, the mother of a man nicknamed “Zip Tie Guy” was arrested by FBI agents in Nashville on Saturday. Lisa Eisenhart, 56, faces several charges, including conspiracy, for allegedly breaking into the Capitol building on January 6 alongside her son, Eric Munchel, 35.
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Munchel had been arrested days earlier after photos of him appeared – wearing black, his face covered – inside the Senate chamber carrying zipper ties that could be used as flexible handcuffs to detain people.