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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A Colorado man who allegedly hit a police officer with a 2x4 wooden plank during the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison.

Jacob Travis Clark of Colorado Springs was sentenced to 33 months in prison, followed by 12 months of supervised release, the Justice Department said in a news release.

Clark had requested nine months in prison and a period of supervised release, according to a sentencing memo written by his lawyer that said Clark “regretted his actions by January 7th.”

During a bench trial in Washington, D.C., this year, Clark was found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding, a felony, as well as five misdemeanor counts related to his conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

Three years for a terrorist assaulting a police officer during a deadly attack on the Capitol building in an effort to overthrow the government.

At least he won't be legally permitted to own a gun ever again. Probably won't stop him, but it's better than nothing?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Will he be allowed to own a plank though?

[-] ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I know that was a joke but I'm now trying to figure out how a governing body would define a "plank" in this instance.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Traitor cunt should have gotten 30 years

[-] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What a little bitch. Kids get worse in some states for accidentally and randomly being around while someone else kills someone.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Good thing he wasn't a black child walking with a backpack! THAT would have granted almost a LIFETIME behind bars!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If he survives the encounter with the police.

[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Keep the convictions coming. Every single dope deserves it.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

This pleases me greatly. Each and every one of these losers is a danger to society.

Do we know who brought the gallows?

[-] strangehill2dieon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The right should be celebrating this, another antifa double agent behind bars!

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

NEARLY THREE YEARS WOW NEARLY NEARLY NEARLY

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