Ex-Cop Charged in Riot Joined Proud Boys While on Force

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A Florida man arrested for allegedly breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and hitting a police officer inside is himself a former cop who joined the Proud Boys while still serving on the force, chat logs tied to the far-right group reveal.

Nathan Tuck, 29, was arrested this week in connection with the storming of the Capitol, as was his father, Kevin. The elder Tuck was a police officer with the Windermere, Florida, police department until he resigned after his arrest on Thursday. Nathan Tuck, meanwhile, served as a police officer in Apopka, Florida, until September 2020. Following his arrest, the Apopka Police Department released a statement noting that Tuck was not on the force during the Capitol riot.

“Mr. Tuck was employed by the Apopka Police Department as a full-time police officer from March 19, 2018 to August 22, 2020,” the Apopka Police Department statement read. “Mr. Tuck resigned from the Apopka Police Department as a full-time police officer, but remained a reserve officer from August 22, 200 to September 18, 2020. Mr. Tuck was not employed by the Apopka Police Department at the time of the incident that led to his arrest.”

The younger Tuck was, however, a police officer when he filed an application to join the Proud Boys, according to chat logs reviewed by The Daily Beast. In that application, in the summer of 2019, Tuck indicated that he wished to join the far-right paramilitary group because he hoped to beat up opponents on the left.

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[RockRaven]

2. He was a member for a year while he was still a cop. How many other cops in that PD knew?

This PD can't shout loudly enough that he had already left the department when he attacked Congress. But they can't be silent enough about which members of their department knew what about his terrorist gang activities, and when.

A non-controversial observation: People talk to their co-workers about their personal lives, what they do in their time off, their hobbies, priorities, associations. They often overshare, unwisely or in a manner which is not always work appropriate, because they assume others think the same way that they think. Especially when they are self-unaware morons of the sort which think they can break shit and attack cops AT THE US CAPITOL and get away with it.

Also, his wife is a fucking cop. What did she know about his criminal terrorist gang activity, and when did she know it, and who did she (fail to )tell? Her department is quick to claim her record is squeaky clean. Oh really? Well answer the preceding question, motherfuckers: What did she know, when, and who did she tell?

Fucking dirt-bag police departments.

[Generic Other]

7. You just know he used the xerox machine to make fliers!

And posted one up in the break room.

[wnylib]

3. Not just how many other members

of the PD knew of his Proud Boys membership, but how many of them also joined or applied?

[SheltieLover]

6. Great question, Wyn!

[jmowreader]

4. The next question is...

How many Proud Boys are still on the force?

[joetheman]

5. Need to do a better job of hiring true civic-minded police. Maybe just from the community they serv

[Generic Other]

8. The people with the moral character

are not the ones getting hired as often as those with brawn who follow orders.

[pwb]

9. Take off the uniform and lefties will line up to throw with you.

You guys don't scare real men.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Clearly, cops need more money.

[Hekate]

12. You have to file an application to join the Proud Boys? Sounds like a handy paper trail nt