Jeremy Calvin Lawson, 33, of Monroe, Washington, who uses the alias "Jack Rack," was taken into custody on Wednesday and has been booked into the King County Jail for felony investigation of assault, according to jail records.
Lawson has been accused of physically assaulting Higby while the journalist had been reporting on a riot against Trump and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in downtown Seattle. The incident occurred on June 14, following the nationwide "No Kings" protest.
Pictured: Jeremy Calvin Lawson
Seattle Police told The Post Millennial in a statement that Lawson was arrested Wednesday afternoon by SPD's Community Response Group (CRG) officers. "CRG, in coordination with homicide detectives, located and arrested a suspect wanted for a politically motivated felony assault that occurred during an anti-ICE protest. The suspect was booked into KCJ without incident," an SPD spokesperson said.
Higby expressed satisfaction with Lawson's arrest, saying he has endured both physical and mental distress since the brutal incident occurred.
"I received threatening text messages just yesterday from whom I believe to be Lawson. Today, he was arrested, and I couldn't be happier," Higby told The Post Millennial in a statement. "Over the past few months, Lawson and his goons have terrorized me and my family both physically and mentally via assault, threats, and harassment."
According to video footage captured by a bystander, Lawson, an Antifa militant, was among a group of rioters who confronted Higby as he was sitting down near the federal building located at 915 2nd Ave in Seattle. Lawson, who had been wearing all black and concealing his identity behind a facial covering, could be observed throwing multiple punches, striking Higby in the head, and leaving dents on the journalist's helmet due to the severity of the blows, video shows.
Higby reported that he sustained a concussion from the attack, which left him with blurred vision.
The Post Millennial was the first to identify Jeremy Lawson as Higby's alleged attacker, which ultimately led to his arrest. The Seattle Police Department referred second-degree felony assault charges to the King County Prosecutors' Office (KCPO), the agency said. The KCPO has not yet publicly commented on Lawson's apprehension.
Court records show that Lawson has an extensive criminal history that includes charges and/or convictions for assault, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct-fighting, resisting arrest, burglary, illicit drug possession, harassment, and theft. Additionally, Lawson was allegedly seen on video setting several fires in the streets during the June 14 anti-ICE riot.
Lawson's social media accounts are filled with anti-police and anti-conservative postings. He also has a tattoo of the moniker ACAB, which is a phrase commonly used by Antifa, meaning "All Cops Are Bastards."
Higby, a conservative personality for the Gen Z website Today is America, told The Post Millennial that since the attack, he has allegedly received a series of threatening messages from an individual he believes to be Lawson. The alleged threats have included vows to target Higby and his family at the journalist's private residence.
Jeremy Lawson was captured in photographs obtained by The Post Millennial attending an Antifa direct action in Seattle on July 5, just a few weeks after the assault
Earlier this month, Lawson attended another anti-ICE Antifa direct action in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, formerly the CHAZ, despite being named as the suspect in the attack on Higby.
