Anti-vaccine protester arrested at NYC Burger King now charged with assaulting officers on Jan. 6
Mitchell Bosch, a Brooklyn man who ran for city council and was arrested at several anti-vaccine protests in New York, was arrested on Jan. 6 charges on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — A Brooklyn man who had been arrested at anti-vaccine protests at a Burger King, an Applebee's and a Cheesecake Factory in New York City was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday and charged with assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Mitchell Bosch, 44, who ran for the New York City Council last year, was identified with the help of online "sedition hunters" who have aided the FBI in hundreds of arrests of suspects in the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Bosch is charge with felony counts of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, along with misdemeanor charges.
The FBI identified Mitchell Bosch in this photo at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.U.S. District Court for D.C.Bosch, according to an FBI affidavit, "can be seen in multiple instances" on video of the riot "opposing the police advance by pushing directly against the officers, assisting other rioters in pushing against officers, and encouraging other rioters to oppose the police." The government alleges that Bosch yelled "hold the line!" as the mob struggled with officers.
The FBI said that Google records confirmed Bosch's presence at the Capitol and that he posted on Instagram less than two weeks after the Capitol attack suggesting he knew he'd eventually be arrested on Jan. 6 charges.
“Enjoying my last meal before the FBI comes for me," he wrote on Jan. 19, 2021, authorities said.
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