{"id":1135983,"date":"2021-12-21T00:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1135983"},"modified":"2021-12-21T00:19:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:19:50","slug":"january-6-rioter-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison-for-assaulting-an-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/january-6-rioter-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison-for-assaulting-an-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"January 6 Rioter Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Assaulting an Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjanuary-6-rioter-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison-for-assaulting-an-officer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1135983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-hill-riot-january-6-2021-stop-the-steal-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A January 6 Capitol Hill rioter has been sentenced to 46 months in jail for assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The man, 28-year-old Devlyn Thompson, reportedly pled guilty earlier this year to \u201cassaulting, resisting or impeding officers while using a dangerous weapon,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/seattle-man-sentenced-46-months-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-capitol-breach\"> according to<\/a> the Washington, DC District Attorney\u2019s office. Following the completion of his 46-month prison term, he will have to serve a three-year period of supervised release.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>On January 6, Devlyn joined in a mob pushing up against police officers on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol in the tunnel. The District Attorney\u2019s office said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Thompson and others in the tunnel yelled obscenities at police and encouraged the continued assault. Thompson was part of a group that threw objects and projectiles at the officers, including flag poles, and grabbed and stole the officers\u2019 riot shields to prevent them from defending themselves.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the scuffle, Thompson also:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>\u2026helped throw a large speaker at the front line of officers, and he later picked up a metal baton from the floor of the tunnel and swung it overhead and downward against the police line in an apparent effort to knock a can of pepper spray from an officer\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When handing down the sentence, Judge Royce Lamberth&nbsp;of the federal district court in Washington, DC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/20\/politics\/january-6-rioter-sentenced-assaulting-police-officer\/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_source=fbCNN&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2021-12-21T00%3A02%3A24\">said that<\/a>&nbsp;while Thompson may&nbsp;\u201cdeserve credit\u201d for cooperating with police and pleading guilty, he could not justify going below the sentence guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe violence that happened that day was such a blatant disregard to the institutions of government,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t just come up and sock a guy in the face,\u201d Lamberth added. \u201cYou\u2019re shoving and pushing\u2026and participating in this riot for hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another rioter,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/10\/politics\/fairlamb-sentence-capitol-riot\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Fairlamb<\/a>, previously received 41 months for punching an officer on January 6, while Robert Palmer&nbsp;received a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/17\/politics\/robert-scott-palmer-capitol\/index.html?utm_content=2021-12-17T20%3A01%3A04&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twCNN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">63-month sentence<\/a>&nbsp;for \u201cattacking police officers with a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank and a pole,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/20\/politics\/january-6-rioter-sentenced-assaulting-police-officer\/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_source=fbCNN&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2021-12-21T00%3A02%3A24\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 700 individuals in nearly all 50 states have been arrested for alleged participation in the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, with \u201cover 220 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement,\u201d said the prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A January 6 Capitol Hill rioter has been sentenced to 46 months in jail for assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon. 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