The U.S. Capitol Police said on Monday they arrested a man with knives in his truck who told officers he was 鈥渙n patrol鈥� outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
The police said in a statement that they found the man in a pickup truck with a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted on it, and a picture of an American flag where the license plate should have been.
They pulled the driver 鈥� Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California — over on the 500 block of South Capitol Street in Southwest, about a block from the DNC headquarters. The police said the officers found a bayonet and a machete, which are illegal in D.C., in the truck.
They added that he began talking about 鈥渨hite supremacist ideology and other rhetoric pertaining to white supremacy.鈥�
鈥淭his is good police work plain and simple,鈥� Chief Tom Manger said in the statement. 鈥淲e applaud the officers鈥� keen observation and the teamwork that resulted in this arrest.鈥�
