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c/news · by lowdownfool@kbin.social · 3y

US Capitol rioter who beat officer with flagpole sentenced

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66301561

Footage shows Peter Francis Stager assaulting a fallen Capitol police officer with an American flag.

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skellener@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y

Domestic terrorist. Not “rioter”.

Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

This man so represents the Republican party.

0110010001100010@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

100%

A confidential source told the FBI that Stager had claimed he did not know the man was a police officer and thought he was striking a member of the far-left Antifa movement.

snooggums@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

He was confused by the clearly marked uniform and equipment. Words are hard!

blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

An Arkansas man who used the pole of an American flag to batter a fallen police officer during the US Capitol attack has received a 52-month jail term.

Peter Francis Stager helped drag the officer down the steps of the Capitol, then "forcibly and repeatedly" struck him, say prosecutors.

He was also captured on video saying that "death is the only remedy" for the lawmakers inside the building.

4 years and 4 months for essentially beating an unconscious person to death during an insurrection to overthrow the US Government...

The US penal system is an atrocious fucking joke.

Blackout@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

He called the politicians inside "treasonous traitors" while committing treason and being a traitor to democracy. Garbage people

gentleman@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

@lowdownfool Its a light punishment for what he did. Glad the J6 sentences are getting traction here in this magazine.

lowdownfool@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

Exactly, he got charged for attacking a police officer. It should be for attacking his country.

d4rknusw1ld@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Bro should be hung, not put in jail. Give these people the chair and set a damn example.

gentleman@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

@lowdownfool 100%