Jan. 6 Rioter Dubbed #Tweedledumb Is From Weston

As a young football player at Cypress Bay High in Weston, Mason Courson tackled rivals on the field. Now the 26-year-old is accused of employing similar tactics on federal law enforcement officers as he stormed the U.S. Capitol to interrupt the counting of the electoral vote on January 6.

Last Tuesday, U.S. Marshals descended on Courson's Tamarac home and arrested him for his alleged role in the deadly attack. Notably, Courson is accused of joining the mob of rioters chanting "Heave, ho!" as they bashed their way into the Capitol, leaving D.C. Metropolitan police officer Daniel Hodges crushed and bleeding between two doors. Hodges testified that the rioters yanked off his gas mask and shouted, "You will die on your knees."

Courson is one of nine defendants listed in the November 17 federal indictment, which is embedded at the end of this story.

He faces eight federal charges, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and inflicting bodily injury, civil disorder, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, according to the indictment.

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Mason Courson's Cypress Bay High yearbook photo beside the image shared by the FBI. Photo by Alex DeLuca/Courtesy of FBI