As they sifted through text messages allegedly sent by Karol Chwiesiuk the day the U.S. Capitol was attacked in January 2021, investigators found a photograph of Chwiesiuk standing in a crowd of people, beside a man wearing a red cap who was giving a thumbs-up.
Chwiesiuk wore a black coat over a beige hoodie in that photo. But on the left side of his chest, the hoodie featured an image recognizable to most Chicagoans — the emblem of the Chicago Police Department.
