A Florida man who attacked police at the US Capitol on January 6 with a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank and a pole has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, the longest sentence for a Capitol rioter thus far.
Robert Scott Palmer is the first person to be sentenced for the felony of assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon. His 63-month sentence could set a benchmark for the more than 140 others who face the same charge."Every day we are hearing about reports of antidemocratic factions, people plotting potential violence in 2024," District Judge Tanya Chutkan said as she handed down the sentence.
"I wonder if the people who are usually before me," Chutkan said of Black and minority defendants she presides over,"if they had tried to storm the Capitol that day, would they have been met with rubber bullets. I suspect not."Read MoreChutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama and former public defender, has emerged as perhaps the harshest judge for January 6 defendants.
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