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Texas Air Force vet w/ zip ties planned to take hostages prosecutors say

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Pictured, Larry Brock Air Force vet and wife.
Larry Brock Air Force vet
Pictured, Larry Brock Air Force vet during last week’s Capitol riot.

Larry Brock Air Force vet who participated in Capitol riot planned to take hostages prosecutors say as Judge orders the retired Texas officer to home confinement.

Maybe he didn’t just find them on the floor, after all ….

A retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel photographed carrying zip-tie handcuffs inside the Capitol during last week’s riot planned to take hostages, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.

In wielding the restraints, Larry Rendall Brock Jr, ‘means to take hostages. He means to kidnap, restrain, perhaps try, perhaps execute members of the U.S. government,’ said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Weimer.

Weimer, who at Thursday’s hearing argued Brock should be detained, did not elaborate on his allegations.

The prosecutor read a social media post from Brock the day of the siege, in which he says, ‘Patriots on the Capitol. Patriots storming. Men with guns need to shoot their way in.’

‘It’s all talk. It’s all speculation and conjecture,’

Brock — a 53-year-old father of three — was arrested Sunday. He’s been charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

He had previously told The New Yorker that he found the zip-tie handcuffs on the floor and intended to turn them over to the police.

In one of the images widely circulated on social media, Larry Brock is seen wearing body armor and a helmet while holding zip-tie restraints.

Dallas FBI Special Agent John Moore was the only witness to take the stand NBCDFW reports.

He testified that Brock was once fired from a job for making racist and threatening comments. The agent also testified to social media postings by Brock where he said, ‘I bought a helmet and body armor for the civil war that is coming.’

Brock’s lawyer, Brook Antonio II, asked an FBI agent testifying Thursday whether it was possible his client picked up the cuffs, like he said. The agent acknowledged the possibility.

‘It’s all talk. It’s all speculation and conjecture,’ Antonio said of the allegations against Brock.

‘I need to put you on a very short rope,’

The lawyer maintained that there was no evidence that Brock did anything violent inside the Capitol.

A judge Thursday released Brock to home confinement. Under the conditions of his release, Brock was ordered to surrender any firearms and his internet access will be limited.

‘I need to put you on a very short rope,’ Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cureton said.

‘These are strange times for our country and the concerns raised by the government do not fall on deaf ears.’

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