United States
Ten years in jail for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters
Supporters of then-US President Trump storm the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021, where lawmakers confirm Joe Biden’s election victory. photo
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A video shows the Trump supporter attacking a police officer with a flagpole and tearing his gas mask off his face – the 56-year-old himself was once with the NYPD.
A New York man has been sentenced to the longest prison term in the case for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. A former NYPD police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday in Washington for assaulting a security guard. The reported US media unanimously.
Video shown at the trial showed the 56-year-old attacking a Capitol police officer with a flagpole. He also tore his gas mask from his face. He had already been found guilty on all six charges in May. The perpetrator claimed to have acted in self-defense.
On January 6, 2021, supporters of the then US President Donald Trump violently stormed the seat of parliament in the capital Washington. Congress met there to certify the victory of Trump’s Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the previous presidential election. Five people were killed in the riots, including a police officer. Trump had recently incited his supporters at a rally by claiming that his election victory had been stolen. Since Jan. 6, more than 850 people have been arrested in connection with the Capitol storm, according to the US Department of Justice.