Hope he’s released and out there again. We need good on the ground citizen reporting/observations (OK I hate to call him “journalist” because “journalists” these days aren’t practicing objective news research and reporting anymore, they’re just all about political activism and advocacy). But we do need him and others like him. He’s brave.
Richard is a bit of a loose Canon, but I am biased because I’m used to Penguin 6 daily bike tours of Washington, George Town, Embassies, spy locations, etc.
P6 can get by with anything, because he is apolitical, records from his bike or scooter daily, police are used to seeing him, and his work proves his knowledge- based continuing interest in locations, as a roving DC “historian”.
He also darts out, night or day, if he receives an interesting message about something going on at the WH or Capitol, etc., and will ask questions of workers or police so that he can hold to his motto of, “I try to Show, not Tell”.
The recent street water, for example, a City worker said they didn’t “know where the water was coming from”. P6 showed us all the sandbags that had been already laid out.
Richard is fast cameraman. So excitable, he forgets to manage his camera, the distance and scene. I can see that his pointing and excitability would lead to attracting unwanted attention for giving away exact US security personnel locations, which could concern their safety.