Jacob Zerkle' story..Friday 13th Sept.2024

I need to document the memory of what happened on Jan 6..2021..before it fades..at least, what happened, and what escalated the incident that landed me in prison.

There were two separate incidents, and they both are important because they show two different groups trying to start trouble on that day. 

The first incident happened around 1:40 pm.It is caught on camera on open source footage. Me and Sam were in a group of tight packed people, when two people who looked about 25 years old, started pushing people into the police. They were trying to instigate confrontation. Me and Sam were both pushed forward into contact with the police, we were both able to move away from the police..This incident is important because I believe it was ANTIFA trying to cause trouble. 

The second incident was the one I was charged  with, Around 2:00 pm.a person wearing a light green government issue covid mask pushed  me into the officers. I suspect that he might work for the government agency, and was following orders.This push is caught on open source footage and is available. When I was pushed forward, I accidentally pushed my brother Sam forward until he was against the police riot shields..I moved instantly away about 6 ft.and looked back for my brother. He looked like he was in danger of getting pushed down, so I tried to get back to him and help him, by the time I got back to him ,he was swallowed by the group of police.Mu momentum  was such that I ended up beside in the group of police. They shoved his head down to his knees ..The next memory I couldn't find on camera, but I remember the police punching my brother in the neck and shoulders with hard plastic gloves when they had him bent over,at no point did I ever try to punch the or throw down any officer, and the film buttresses this assertion. I didn't want to leave my brother, but after a few seconds the police ejected me from their  group . They still had my brother bent over, so I yelled a few things and went back in for my brother..The officers ejected me from the group again after a few seconds.My brother was still in jeopardy..so for third time I attempted to get  to my brother, after a third time, my brother was also ejected from the group. I don't think I had any plans past just getting to Sam at any point. There just wasn't enough time at any point to make a rational decision..After the third  ejection, me and my brother stayed in that spot for a few more minutes. After the adrenaline had died down,I asked my brother if he wanted to go home? And he said yes..at this point we started walking to our car..At no point did we ever enter the capital, we didn't even go up on the stairs. The statue I was prosecuted on is so broad, it is felony assault to slow down the officers in the commission of their duties..It is rarely used..it is 111A. In the charging document I agreed that I made bodily contact with the police, which is legally within the definition of the statue.