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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:21 PM Saturday

Man who wildly hit police with pole and pipe on Jan. 6 is going to prison

Source: Law & Crime

Dec 21st, 2024, 11:41 am


A Pennsylvania man who wildly hit and stabbed at officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots with metal and wooden poles and an officer’s helmet and riot shield is going to prison.

Joshua Lee Atwood, 31, was sentenced to 48 months — or four years — in prison by U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss, a Barack Obama appointee, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. Atwood previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge of assaulting officers using a dangerous weapon.

In their sentencing memo requesting 63 months imprisonment, the top of the range, prosecutors said Atwood’s felonious conduct that day was part of a massive riot that almost succeeded in preventing the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election from being carried out, frustrating the peaceful transition of Presidential power, and throwing the United States into a Constitutional crisis.

They said he helped lead the mob’s last efforts to fight at the Tunnel, the site of the most vicious battle at the Capitol that day. “As he fought on the mob’s front line, Atwood relentlessly attacked the police with any object within his reach that could be used as a weapon — from a piece of fabric to a metal baseball bat,” prosecutors wrote. “As he beat the officers in the police line, Atwood called them ‘pieces of s—‘ and taunted that they were ‘betraying [their] country.'”

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/everyone-of-you-mother-f-ers-are-pieces-of-s-man-who-wildly-hit-police-with-pole-and-pipe-on-jan-6-is-going-to-prison/



Full headline: ‘Everyone of you mother f—ers are pieces of s—‘: Man who wildly hit police with pole and pipe on Jan. 6 is going to prison

Link to DOJ PRESS RELEASE - Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement with a Weapon During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
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Man who wildly hit police with pole and pipe on Jan. 6 is going to prison (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
Just 4 years?! William Seger Saturday #1
And it will be less than that if Prof. Toru Tanaka Saturday #2
Very true, but the sentence should reflect the seriousness of the crime, regardless William Seger Saturday #5
Joshua enjoy your stay at Fed u and your membership, life long , in the felon club. republianmushroom Saturday #3
Shortly after Jan6, right wing called him a violent Antifa/FBI plant. Now he is a patriot? keithbvadu2 Saturday #4

William Seger

(11,113 posts)
5. Very true, but the sentence should reflect the seriousness of the crime, regardless
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:58 PM
Saturday

It wasn't just that he attacked cops; it wasn't just that the cops were protecting the Capitol; it's that the cops were protecting our democracy.

republianmushroom

(18,179 posts)
3. Joshua enjoy your stay at Fed u and your membership, life long , in the felon club.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:59 PM
Saturday

Little dude, even if he convicted felon pardons you ,you will always be a felon to some of us.

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