Twitter detectives who ID’d retired Chicago firefighter as rioter, oops wrong guy

This is the individual the FBI is seeking as a person of interest in connection with the murder of the Capitol Hill police officer.

Twitter, do your thing. pic.twitter.com/KUKliu9zhp

The retired Chicago firefighter from Mount Greenwood — whom social media trolls called a “terrorist” and accused of fatally wielding a fire extinguisher that killed a cop as a mob of Trump-supporting insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — was grocery shopping and celebrating his wife’s birthday in Chicago, Patch has learned.

Twitter exploded with unsubstantiated claims Tuesday that Quintavalle — who retired from the fire department in 2016 after 32 years — was the bearded “#extinguisherman” in a surveillance video wearing a “CFD” stocking cap wanted for questioning and “soon to be arrested” by the FBI regarding the fatal beating of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick.

“[Attorney John Nisivaco said] Social media has killed David Quintavalle. This has been an absolute disaster to him personally and his family. There’s a cop car outside his house. It’s over a picture that kind of looks like him because people sitting behind a keyboard with no proof or evidence are throwing out these tweets, and they’re wrong. Holy smokes, it’s eye-opening how terrifying social media can be when something like this happens.”

If Twitter was actually interested in "trust and safety" they'd also ban every last one of the hundreds of accounts who amplified this complete bullshite.LINK

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 14, 2021

Sorry, they’re too busy looking for QAnon supporters.

dOxXiNg iS gOoD bEcAuSe SoMeTiMeS wE cAtCh ThE RiGhT pErSoN

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 14, 2021