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A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.

Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text message that he “fed him to the people.”

Roughly 20 minutes later, Whitton tried to pull a second officer into the crowd, prosecutors say. He also kicked at, threatened and threw a construction pylon at officers trying to hold off the mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.

“You’re gonna die tonight!” he shouted at police after striking an officer’s riot shield.

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[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago

Five years. Once again, not long enough.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Needs a zero after the five

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And an exclamation mark after that second zero.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

*or six months, election dependent.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago

“You’re gonna die tonight!” he shouted at police after striking an officer’s riot shield.

Just locker room talk, right? /s

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Grabbed him by the riot shield.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 58 points 2 months ago

“I tell you with confidence: I have changed,”

I tell you with confidence: he's fucking lying

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

Yeah and it doesn't fucking matter even if he isn't lying. You're going to prison for what you did then, not who you are now, asshole.

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

Same group of dick holes that love to put thin blue line flags everywhere

[-] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

Wth, only five years for that? Minimum twenty, that was basically a murder attempt.

[-] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 23 points 2 months ago

If you look closely at the body cam capture, you will see that the perpetrator is white.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That’s it? 5 years for attempting to over throw the government.

Yet there are people in prison for life because of marijuana. How absolutely fucking bonkers this is.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago
[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Can you imagine a person of color getting only 5 years for attempting to murder a cop while overtaking the government?

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