CS Gas / Mace in the Pod

grievance_form · Sep 15, 2022

Government characterizes Aug 29 incident as routine 2-week laptop rotation. Sept 5 incident: another inmate allegedly assaulted jail official; pepper spray deployed; Nichols allegedly visible.

other · Sep 11, 2022

Handwritten grievance tracking spreadsheet logging dates of complaints (8/8/22 through 9/11/22) and escalation deadlines at 15, 15, 20, 30 business days for issues like Protest Phones Tablets, Outdoor Rec, Cpl Carter Doors, LT Lancaster, denial of shower after being sprayed, locked in cell, etc.

grievance_form · Sep 9, 2022

Official DC Department of Corrections Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form (PP 4030.1) filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795) on 9/9/22. Incident 9/5/22-9/6/22 at 11:39 AM, Unit South 1, alleging Lt. Lancaster violently assaulted Ronald [Dr...] with OC spray; Ryan also sprayed and caught chemicals; cells went without chemicals being decontaminated for nearly 24 hours. Direct evidence of jail mistreatment relevant to compensation.

grievance_form · Sep 5, 2022

DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form (PP 4030.1 Attachment C) filed by Ryan Nichols DCDC #376795, Unit C2B, 9/5/22. Reports LT Lancaster came to C2B at 11:40am, told inmates we are locking down, moved towards Ronald McAfee, pushed him, denied medication, and sprayed him with OC spray for not wearing a mask. Signed by Ryan.

grievance_form · May 20, 2022

DC DOC Step 3 Wardens Administrative Remedy Form (IGP # 20220527-609) by Ryan Nichols dated 5/20/22, escalating Nov 11, 2021 incident where he and many other inmates in C2B were indiscriminately sprayed with OC/pepper spray by LT Moore. Previously denied as Group Grievance. Wardens Response: Non-grievable - See attached, 5/27/22.

grievance_form · Feb 16, 2022

DCDOC-completed version of the 2/5/22 ear-infection IGP. IGP #20220208-914. DOC response (2/16/22 by COVID-19 department): "Inmate Nichols has no negligence in the healthcare this inmate is receiving. Outside Consultation did not confirm any abnormalities within this inmates ear. The recommendation was to continue with nasal spray as medically indicated and has been scheduled for chronic care appointment. Grievance resolved." Directly contradicts Howard ENT findings.

grievance_form · Nov 22, 2021

DC DOC PP 4030.1 Attachment B Denial of IGP Form returning Ryan Nichols' grievance #22111223-887 (Lt. Moore OC spray attack on C-2B pod, 11/11/21) on grounds it appears to be on behalf of a group; signed by IGP Coordinator T. Campbell on 11/22/2021.

grievance_form · Nov 12, 2021

Electronic Informal Grievance Response ID 133853 / IGP #22111173-720 submitted by Ryan Nichols 11/12/21 11:48 PM against DC DOC MEDICAL for failure to deliver prescribed ear infection pill; stamped RECEIVED Nov 15 2021 and Nov 18 2021, COMPLETED 12/3/2021.

exhibit · Jan 6, 2021

Page 5 of timeline. Describes hallway with people in black gear Ryan assumed were Antifa agitators (police above not caring); people screaming someone was being killed and coming out bloody; crowd sprayed repeatedly, Ryan sprayed directly, took a canister and sprayed twice to neutralize a sprayer giving them a taste of their own medicine. KEY: saw Officer Michael Fanone being pulled out of hallway with people screaming Kill him with his own gun, Ryan and Alex jumped in to stop the angry mob from killing him, yelled to send him to top of stairs and to not kill him.

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Detailed handwritten cross-reference of two J6 videos (PSUSC and Officers View) with synchronized timestamps documenting officers spraying themselves, woman in red being beaten, and man in red being repeatedly sprayed by police. Notes Ryan and Alex Harkrider were 10-15 feet away. Material exculpatory evidence regarding police misconduct.

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Page 2 of Lady in Red timeline including specific Capitol Police bodycam ID 0074 USCH BA Lower W Terrace Door Exterior. Documents Ryan and Lady in Red BOTH being sprayed by police at 6:09, Lady yelling in pain, and white-shirted officer hitting her over head and knocking MAGA hat off at 9:14.

letter

Ryan timeline (page 1 of fresh sheet): March 18 cavity check of rectum, mouth, hands, feet; X-ray with K-2 burning through facility. March-June "Gestapo interrigation": Dan & I pulled from room, questioned by ERT and white-shirts/employees Armstrong, Holmes, Abdullah, Hays, Pinky, Franklin. 23/1 hrs in cell (winter), wet walls, human fecal matter, urine, jizz smashed/sprayed/smeared around/under. Medical uses outdated equipment, treated like an animal. Multiple requests for VA Rep per handbook p18 — told "there is none."

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Officer-perspective bodycam analysis (timestamp 15:57:42) documenting a protester communicating with police (thumbs up signal) trying to help downed officers, then officer on ledge unnecessarily spraying everyone including helpful protesters - demonstrating police communication breakdown and inappropriate force.

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Detailed witness log titled "Lady In Red Shirt - 34 strikes +/- in 4.5 minutes" cross-referencing two J6 videos ("That's One Big Flag!" and "Cameras of Mass Destruction") tracking a woman in MAGA hat and red shirt being repeatedly pushed/pulled into the hallway entrance area where police started spraying. Ryan admits to spraying (mace) with her struggling in front of him.

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Page 3 of Patriots Storm timeline tracking spray can being passed (Waldo, Sunshine, Camo Pants), blonde woman emerging from tunnel after being kicked, Ryan talking on microphone at AT LEAST 4:16:04 PM, and CK Hat (Couy Griffin?) on microphone.

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Page 2 of Big Flag timeline. CRITICAL: 7:57 - Clear Goggles accuses Waldo of working with police; Waldo shakes his Trump garments and explains he's "one of us". Documents agent-provocateur dynamic. Names additional figures: Sunshine, Frogman, Window Recorder, Blue Lives Matter mask man.

letter

Page 2 of a Ryan letter. Radical Islamic newspaper The Final Call by Louis Farrakhan and "some other towel head Muhammad" taught at CTF. Guards pull white inmates aside for "bitch sessions designed to downgrade my skin color - oh sounds a bit like CRT." Cells: crammed corners, human fecal matter, urine, stained walls w/ DNA spray. "Inmates speak out - you go to the hole for two weeks." Led to medical: fully cuffed, leg irons, black inmates roaming freely calling him motherfucker, spitting, homosexual threats, cracker, white boy. Guards laughing, threats of death. "23/1 lock down for four months. Out side rec, 4 times in 6 months. Too hot, they take us out when its the hottest part of day, almost passed out twice, no shade." Five requests for VA Rep: smart-ass comments "white TS & white boy." Gave up. "Im 70% disabled."

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Timeline of "Thats One Big Flag" video starting 3:54:11 PM. Critical: at 5:14-5:25 Waldo grabs sledgehammer and HANDS IT IN TO POLICE. Documents Window Recorder coordinating with others, Red Face man (Redskin), and orange beanie tac-vest man arguing with Waldo pulling him off wall.

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Page 2 of Patriots Storm timeline naming other J6 figures: Camo Pants (man with helmet, American Flag mask, camo army fatigue pants), Ben Gay, Sunshine. Notes Camo Pants throwing things at police, Waldo & Sunshine REFUSING the spray can being handed to them by shaking heads no.

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CRITICAL evidence. Timeline of "I Cant Breathe (on the steps)" video starting 4:25:30 PM showing Roseanne Boyland receiving chest compressions while sheriff-vested protester waved police back. Notes: 2:59 chest compressions on Roseanne. 3:34 They're signaling to police about Roseanne. 3:41 Police spraying anyways. Documents Redskin (suspected provocateur) signaling "halt" or "stop".

other

Ryan's outline for Writ of Habeas Corpus on unconstitutional conditions of confinement and due-process violations. Lists Eighth Amendment cruel/unusual punishment incidents: Pussy Ass Cracker incident Sep 18; J. Johnson white privilege incident Nov 17; mace sprayed/everyone choking Nov 29; Staff Appreciation Day lockdown; Dec 18 & 19 24-hour lockdown. Cases: 1) Chandler v District of Columbia Dept of Corrections; 2) Irish Republican Army Hunger strike Bobby Sands.

discovery

GoPro video discovery notes - GH010265 includes a transcribed remark "Tomorrow if youre Antifa and you fucking show up out here, we are going to get rid of the terrorist organization" - and GH010266 showing innocent man being sprayed; plus a self-reminder to write down 3 videos of initial push into hallway.

letter

Page 4 of Ryan timeline. After ass kicked (j6s11-021 trailing). "How does 300 yrs feel?" Hayes seems to be CDR (cell delivery rep) of the four — pro-Biden, wished Trump would die, on a tangent about being a team player. March-April led to dental cuffed/shackled, random inmates wandering freely, high-fiving guards. Cell hygiene (March-Oct): "I have not been in one cell where it was clean. Human fecal matter & chunks, urine smell in/around/smashed/under beds/in corners. Human snot, dried snot, man spray (semen), jizz, DNA (semen), dried running down walls. Rust from iron work on windows dripping down. Black mold coming from air vents on walls/sink/toilet, rust around beds." March-June handcuffed/shackled to attorney visit while inmates roam free; Hays "Fuck you white boy, ill fuck your ass cracker, fuck you, on & on. Guards laughing." April-May: Dan & I pulled cells once again by ERT & Robinson. "How is it going? Glad your doing well, hope your stay is a pleasant one." Then locked back in cell for another 36 hrs.

discovery

Page 2 of bodycam log naming Officer Sajumon, documenting that he placed hands on a civilian clearly holding a spray can in left hand at 16:29:02, patted him to send him out at 16:29:15, and let him walk back into the crowd with the spray can visible at 16:29:18 - police facilitation evidence.

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Detailed video timeline naming Anthony Antonio (Trump 2020 scarf, same as Waldo), older man on ledge directing traffic, Alex & Ryan entering hallway, Fanone being pulled into crowd at 3:18-3:21 PM. Anthony Antonio telling crowd "this is a peaceful protest now", crowd believed people inside were peaceful.

discovery

Handwritten discovery list naming specific Capitol Police bodycam tags (X6039BJJV, X6039B9NO, X6039BF8H) and named officers/officials: Roseanne, Fanone, Robert Reeder, Hogan. Demands FBI Form 321/FD-1023 CHS (Confidential Human Source) reporting documentation KL000239.

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Page 3 of Lady in Red timeline: documents blood on her white shirt, repeated beating/punching by white-shirt cop, collapse, and identifies officer 6573 by badge number. Cross-references PSUSC video confirming Ryan was 5-10 feet away at 4:11:22 PM and could see/hear everything.

discovery

Detailed bodycam discovery log for file Sajumon-20210106-Felony-APO-Riotous-Acts-US-Capitol-Complex.mp4, Axon Body 3 X6039BJ87, identifying an individual civilian in tunnel corner with a spray can and water bottle, American flag hat, dual pink respirator cartridges, between 16:24:01 and 16:28:01 - this is exonerating evidence pointing at a different actor.

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Page 1 of detailed video-timecode log titled Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint. Actual time 16:02:34 Ryan sprays. 7min 43sec: Is Fanone in hallway? Left hand side. White shirt cop starts assaulting helpless woman with baton and fists. Relentless - Woman in Red shirt. Officer on ledge grabs baton of white shirt cop after he hit protestors 7 times in the head. 9:30 video time: officer in white shirt has struck 28 times. 11:24 officer punches woman in red shirt with left hand. 14:01 officer batons man out of tunnel in back and back of the head - Helmet #4011.

letter

Page 5 of Ryan Nichols letter: list continues — denial of hot water, prevented from attending court, maced/assaulted/harassed by guards, cell invasions, threatened/nearly stabbed with "Rohr Knives," toilets poop-poisoned 6 months. Concludes the bullet list and pivots to declaring J6 detainees "Political Prisoners on American Soil" subjected to selective prosecution, slander by media, and death threats inside the jail and to their families through mail.

discovery

Discovery sheet identifying 6th District Metropolitan Police Department officers Carter Moore (helmet 5229), 5077, Travis Tim Johnson, Divonnie Powell (5586/5213), Foy (1213) and others standing over Rosanne Boyland in tunnel footage.

discovery

Detailed timestamp log of a 4K60fps video titled "Patriots Storm US Capitol" identifying Ryan Nichols, Alex Harkrider (codefendant), Matthew Miller, Jake, Rosanne, Officer Fanone (helmet 3603), Roseann being trampled, civilians with shields, and a sprayed man with bloody head.

discovery

Defense red-flags checklist - Gina Bisignano arrest database, unknown LV phone-recording lady, Frogman patch named White, Waldo talking into mic at 0:21, fire-extinguisher label HJR-46H, multiple protesters with red spray bottles at 46:16, wind direction inquiry, Infowars video timestamps showing officers leaving shields/batons/spray bottles unattended, chain-of-custody concerns.

letter

Page 2 of Ryan Nichols timeline: cell #11 with black mold over all walls, denied potable water, female guard aimed body cam at him while changing and laughed. "Almost three days w/o sleep." March 24 - April 28 guards beating on cell during checks. Names guards Pinky, Hays, Armstrong, Holmes, Adams. 23/1 lockdown with choice between phone or shower. ERT (Emergency Response Team) sleeps in cell block back room — names Hays, Pinky, Adams, Holmes, Hauser, Franklin.

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Detailed video timecode analysis of January 6 footage. Notes Kambria Caldwell email kambriaa.caldwell@yahoo.com (Kami on family chat) for sending video links/news articles. Compares two videos: I cant breathe (57 seconds start, 1:16:06) and Patriots Storm US Capitol/Officers viewpoint (15:51:42 start) and Thats one Big Flag (15:54:10), demonstrating crowd chanting Pull the cops out, USA chants overtake it at 1:04, spray canister coming into view at 3:02 passed up to Alex then back, man yelling Knock that gd damn window out.

letter

Page 3 of Ryan timeline (May 1 - Aug 1): toilet water diaphragm fails 5 times, flooding cell block. ERT comes with mace cans, Guard Franklin screams "Lock it down! Step back in! You people are all alike!" Ryan, a 70% disabled veteran, denied VA care — took 8 months to get sleep meds and acid reflux meds. Put into isolation cell 25 with human fecal matter, urine smell, jizz dried on wall, black mold. Guards send detainees to "the hole" for arguing.

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Critical observations from full hallway footage. Documents Waldo signaling officer on ledge holding hand up like a phone (suspected coordination); Redskin signaling halt to police; officer bodycam on red bottle; police spraying Roseanne, others, and themselves at 2:32:20 (after she was brought into hallway from compression scene).

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Page 3 (final) of Big Flag timeline. Documents Window Recorder yelling about Clear Goggles "He's spraying patriots", a man in blue yelling "Drag him out", Redskin passing a baton up to the front, and Golf hat man holding up a closed fist signaling "stop" or "halt". Suggests provocateur activity.

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Continued timeline documenting fire extinguisher being sprayed down on officers, officer with black/red spray bottle, and a stream of unidentifiable officers in all black (33:28 through 37:08) entering the tunnel area.

discovery

Discovery log naming FBI Agent Johannes investigating Officers Aaron Hunter, Jenkins, and Moore body cam footage relating to Rosanne Boylands death - chest compressions at 16:30:02, dragging at 16:30:11, laying dead at 16:27:55, with bodycam IDs X6039BFKP.

discovery

Continuation of bodycam discovery log titled "Spray Incident - Officers Viewpoint" cataloging timestamps, helmet numbers, and officer behavior including spraying civilians with hands up, lieutenant rank, baton strikes to protester face.

other

Handwritten attorney/defendant strategy notes referencing FBI 302 reports, AUSA plea offers (5-20 years), megaphone leadership issue, NY Times article transcripts on firearms adjustments, Hurricane Rescue (Cajun Navy) angle.

discovery

Page 4 of bodycam discovery log documenting Capitol Police officer violence: white shirt officer punching woman, baton strikes to face, blood on hat, officers striking each other.

discovery

Handwritten discovery notes logging video timestamps with corresponding officer helmet numbers and behaviors (spraying crowd, signaling to stop) for use identifying officers in J6 footage.

other

Handwritten outline structuring a defense/counter-narrative: immense one-sided damage by courts, unmasking of video evidence, agent provocateurs, plus list of indicators of pre-planning (Ellipse to Capitol, MAGA attire, red-face paint, weapons distributed in crowd).

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Page 5 of Ryan Nichols autobiographical statement. Recounts OC spray course; the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in Okinawa where the island including the base received credible attack threats. VP Biden visit caused security increase. The day before Sept 11, 2011, a man threatened to blow up Marines and families at the gate Ryan was guarding with LCPL Huskey; Japanese Security Guards (JSG) responded.

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Page 4 of Ryan Nichols autobiographical statement. Describes Marine training in life-saving techniques, deployment to Okinawa Japan, assignment to ASF (Auxiliary Security Force Team), shotgun and OC spray range qualifications including being sprayed and run through obstacle course beaten with batons.

exhibit13 pages

Handwritten notes identifying tunnel bodycam serial number and timestamps where officer commands about pepper spray use are heard, naming Officer David Pitt.

exhibit2 pages

Handwritten Jan 6 Timeline page 2 by Ryan Nichols detailing the tunnel/stairwell incident: Officer Fanone being pulled down, helping him, heave-ho call, being sprayed multiple times by officer on ledge, with detailed video timestamps.

letter2 pages

Page 2 of Khater letter. Shallow breathing - nurses/doctors dismissive. "This isnt CVS" - given nasal spray (Nasonex), denied allergy pills. Refused barber services since day 1 despite covid antibodies from Dec 2020. Law library refused months. No video visits despite promise, hasnt seen attorney once or family since day 1. No religious services months - only tablet w/ few sermons. Refused comfortable mattress multiple times - doctors dismissive. Refused adequate nutrition for months including cardiac diet despite heart condition. Names Dr Danielle Finch.

exhibit7 pages

Handwritten notes analyzing video footage to identify an alleged Metro Police Department agent provocateur referred to as "I.M." (Illuminati Man), with detailed timestamps from a January 6 protest video.

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Handwritten essay by Ryan Nichols titled Police Brutality on Jan 6th, describing flash bangs, mace/pepper spray, batons used against non-violent protesters, citing DOJ Capitol Police reports about lethal force.

letter

Page 5 of handwritten essay detailing guard misconduct - racial profiling, harassment, assaults, court access denials - and Ryan framing himself and codefendants as political prisoners on American soil.

exhibit · May 6, 2022

Dated log of DC DOC (DC jail) issues April-May 2022. 4/9/22 CPL Abdullah said LT Moore was fired over Nov 11 spray incident on Mock; Kenny and Wally Knight unaccounted for. 4/20/22 Division of Infectious Disease (Mr. Carlos Franco-Paredes of University of Colorado Anschutz) visit re: Covid lawsuit; LT Bruce, Sgt Adam Cola listed. 4/20/22 Taken to SHU-A. 4/28/22 board hearing. 5/1/22 water turned off at 2:45pm; 5/2/22 water back on. 5/5/22 told LT Allen suicidal; CPL Ngumdo too. 5/6/22 told other officers suicidal, finally taken to mental health.

grievance_form · Nov 11, 2021

Electronic Informal Grievance Response ID 133394 / IGP #22111223-887 submitted by Ryan Nichols 11/11/21 02:46 PM detailing OC spray incident where Lt. Moore and another ranking officer indiscriminately sprayed C-2B pod while pursuing inmate Bryan Mock; names victims Lonnie Coffman and Dan Caldwell; stamped RECEIVED Nov 15 2021.

discovery

Page 5 of bodycam discovery log naming co-defendant Kyle Fitzsimmons being struck over head with baton, additional officer helmet numbers, and timeline of officer violence on civilians.

other

Handwritten jail cellblock detail roster assigning chores - tablet pickup, breakfast trays, sweep/mop, shower cleaning, phone spraying - listing Kelly Meggs, Ryan Nichols, Cleve, Jeff McKellop, and Tom by name.

affidavit · Nov 14, 2021

Caldwell page 2 dated Nov 14 2021: pepper-spray incident in confined space, failed to follow protocol, denied oxygen, medical refused vitals; Nov 15 fainted, ER at GW Univ told he was suffering from Post Concussion Syndrome ignored; Nov 11 attacking & unanswered. Broken grievance systems, well-documented within US Marshall Services; political prisoners with 0 rights, doubts Red Cross would help.

letter · Sep 14, 2021

Page 2 of Jenkins letter. In Mr Fairlamb cell they took off all jewelry and body cams. Many wrote grievances about it - returned by Officer Holmes (the very officer they were written on). Edward Lang arguing with Sgt Robinson when door opened and sprayed him with pepper spray. Nurses refer to pod/dorm as "the Red Neck Tank." Bologna. Breakfast 2AM many months - "form of torture." Jordan Mink had officers handcuff and threaten over discovery after DOJ told him not to share. DCDOC cell 1.5 months no hot water, several months no rec. No vaccine no haircuts denied fingernail clippers. Officer McCade worked 9-14-21 wearing hardened knuckle gloves with "some heat" written across knuckles, carrying mag, slapping in hand - threats of violence. FB & IG locked over arrest "innocent until proven guilty." Jeep/Compass lost due to ruined credit. Excessive bail - Houston judge accused him of attempting to "overthrow our fragile democracy" by flying to DC armed. Multiple harassment over political statements like Trump won. Re-education tablet CRT, book "White Supremacy and Me." 4 case managers in 4 months, revolving door. Mail tampered (return address, postmark removed).

motion · Oct 28, 2022

Page 2 of 11 of Doc 177. Details Sept 5 2022 incident (jail official manufactured pretext to remove Nichols from cell, transferred to another facility), missing second drive, Sept 15 Govt opposition. Cites Ali case.

motion · Aug 10, 20225 pages

Page 14: Nov 10 2021 DC City Council emergency roundtable with Charles Allen (Judiciary Committee chair) declaring the DC Jail situation a crisis. Nov 11 2021 Petitioner co-wrote a letter signed by 36 January 6 detainees identifying 77 ongoing violations (food/water/medical deprivation, mold, rust, vermin). Same day, family members reported guards spraying mace/pepper spray into intake vents that fed other cells, locking inmates inside 15 minutes.

motion · Sep 8, 2022

Page 3 of 4 (Doc 156). Details aftermath: 24-hour shower denial after chemical spray, scolded staff after 36 hours, mental health visits canceled ("Fuck you. You aint going to see mental health"), attorney-client materials and discovery confiscated, electronic grievance shut off, staff gave him grievance form written in Spanish and laughed, no pen. Argues Lancasters cruelty retaliation for habeas petition.

motion · Sep 8, 2022

Page 2 of 4 (Doc 156). Describes Lancaster macing Maccabees unprovoked, then claiming He assaulted me. Lancaster grabbed and threw Maccabees against wall. Nichols pushed a chair to ground in spontaneous outburst of frustration but did not advance/threaten. Lancaster maced him too. 15 witnesses signed statements on behalf of Nichols and Maccabees. Nichols charged with inciting riot.

exhibit5 pages

Handwritten Detention Hearing notes (items 16-24) by Ryan Nichols challenging his counsels handover of evidence, bodycam red light meaning, video retention, Waldo being sprayed, pepper spray chain of custody questions.