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Joshua Matthew Black

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Joshua Matthew Black is a working man and father from Center Point, Alabama, who traveled to Washington on January 6, 2021, and became one of the most-photographed faces of the day after a projectile struck him in the cheek outside the Capitol. Joshua Black is not a stranger to his neighbors. He is from central Alabama, has spoken openly about his faith and his family, and he chose to keep telling the story on the record instead of letting a single still frame define him. The record shows he did not conceal his identity, he gave a national interview and turned himself in. The docket shows he entered the Senate chamber carrying a small knife that had been in his pocket. He was tried and sentenced in January 2023. Charges, per the DOJ record: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting; Unlawful Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings and Aiding and Abetting. Case 1:21-cr-127 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Docket: Arrested 1/14/22. Initial appearance 2/16/21. Indicted 2/17/21. Arraigned 3/19/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Sentenced at trial 1/13/23. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.