William Watson is a white man from Alabama, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He lives in Montgomery, Alabama. (a)
- On top of his right hand is a tattoo of a hammer and sickle, a symbol from the 2012 video game “Dishonored.” (a)
- On July 2, 2020, he was arrested and charged in Auburn, Lee County, Alabama for trafficking in marijuana and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He was released on $103,000 bond. The terms of the bond prohibited him from leaving Alabama without asking permission from a court. (b)
- In 2020, he regularly posted conspiracies related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the new coronavirus (COVID-19). He deactivated his Instagram account on January 7, 2021. (a)
- In an Instagram video he posted in 2020, he claimed to have a disability that exempted him from wearing a mask at Niffer’s Place Auburn, a restaurant in Auburn. (a)
- On January 6, 2021, he was one of the Donald Trump supporters who breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA and disrupted a joint session of Congress to certify the vote of the Electoral College and affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. (c)
- Manuel Balce Ceneta took a photo of him beside Jake Angeli and Nicholas Rodean during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. (d)
- His photo with Angeli and Rodean on January 6, 2021 went viral. Some netizens labeled him as a communist infiltrator. He responded on Snapchat, “They wanna call me Antifa because I have a video game tattoo on my hand and I was pleading for peaceful discourse. Let em say what they will. The fake news won’t win against the thousands of patriots who recorded today.” (e)
- He was 23 years old when he joined the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. (d)
- Prosecutors in Lee County identified him in photographs and video of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. (c)
- He violated the terms of his bond banning him from leaving Alabama when he joined the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. (d)
- At around 1:45 p.m. on January 11, 2021, he was arrested without incident at a home along Samantha Court in Auburn. (f)
- On January 11, 2021, Lee County district attorney Jessica Ventiere filed a motion to revoke his bond on prior drug charges, which was approved by a judge in Lee County. (b)
(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)
SOURCES:
- a. Alabama Political Reporter
- b. Opelika-Auburn News
- c. Alabama Media Group
- d. Alabama News
- e. Photo Blobstore
- f. WRBL
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