There exists a website where “citizen scientists” can help real planetary scientists look over existing data online to help identify unique or interesting systems. Similar groups exist to assist the FBI in helping to identify Capitol Hill rioters and bring about proper charges. The “sedition hunters” have sought for months to identify “Catsweat” and just as citizen scientists often do, the sedition hunters succeeded where the FBI had not, they identified Logan Barnhart. As Huffington Post explains:

Barnhart, whom the FBI referred to as Capitol suspect 128-AFO because he was wanted for assaulting federal officers, was a major target for the “Sedition Hunters” community, which had given him the nickname “CatSweat” because he was wearing a sweatshirt branded with the name of Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer. (Barnhart worked as a machine operator for Barnhart & Son Inc., which is owned by his father.) 

Hearing that such online groups exist is just as assuring as hearing of Barnhart’s arrest. It is good to know that Americans feel invested in bringing these people to justice and this is one guy whose arrest we should really celebrate:

Barnhart was a “white whale” for members of the Sedition Hunters community, which sprung to life after Jan. 6. An image from that day shows a man in a hooded “CAT” sweatshirt grabbing onto a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer whom he and others are dragging down a set of stairs outside a tunnel on the western side of the U.S. Capitol.

That is not a normal felony assault, that goes toward a serious felony, perhaps even kidnapping.

There is some enjoyment in all this, some irony that is just delicious. Barnhart used to mock the FBI and its efforts to nab rioters such as himself:

In February, about a month after taking part in the attack, Barnhart sarcastically mocked the “amazing FBI doing some fine investigative work,” citing a Capitol image that was doctored to include a meme that was included in an FBI affidavit.

“Like I’ve said multiple times. Everything you’re being told about this is a lie and it will be revealed,” Barnhart wrote on Feb. 5. “Sorry but what really happened at the [Capitol] is being hidden from you.”

We cannot rest until all of Trump's traitorous foot soldiers have faced justice 👇

The FBI has arrested Logan Barnhart, whom online sleuths dubbed "CatSweat," with the help of the Sedition Hunters community.#TrumpCoupAttempthttps://t.co/JOjMhBXPdH

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) August 17, 2021

Yes, well, we’ll see what all is “real” here soon when the evidence is presented. It seems like Barnhart was a “star” of the insurrection and hopefully, a citizen jury will smack the appropriate verdict on him.

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