Police body camera video shows Markus Maly pepper-spraying police then recording a selfie video during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to government evidence.
A Botetourt County man was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for pepper-spraying police officers who were trying to defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob he was part of.
A screen capture from a police officer's body camera that, according to a statement of facts filed by the FBI, shows Markus Maly of Fincastle, circled in red, holding a canister of pepper spray that he used to spray police officers at the U.S. Capitol at approximately 2:30 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021.
Markus Maly of Botetourt took this selfie video during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the U.S. government. Prosecutors introduced the video as evidence against him in a criminal case. The video contains explicit language. The camera’s orientation rotates upside down at about the halfway mark. The Roanoke Times did not edit this video. Source: U.S. government exhibit.
A screen capture from a police officer's body camera that, according to a statement of facts filed by the FBI, shows Markus Maly of Fincastle, circled in red, holding a canister of pepper spray that he used to spray police officers at the U.S. Capitol at approximately 2:30 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021.
