Trump Loving Maniac Sentenced To Jail For Assaulting DC Police

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Maryland resident Robert Reeder has been sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of unlawfully parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol building, which is a misdemeanor offense that has repeatedly popped up in Capitol riot cases. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, who handled the sentencing after a previous delay brought about by the emergence of footage depicting Reeder pulling a police officer to the ground while at the Capitol in January. For some reason, authorities declined to pursue an additional charge against Reeder, although prosecutors did increase the amount of time behind bars for Reeder that they were asking to be imposed, from two to six months.

Hogan went with three months, which, while lower than the government’s new request of six months behind bars for Reeder, was still higher than what prosecutors had been aiming for before the footage of him physically engaging with police emerged. Hogan put Reeder on the spot over past attempts to characterize himself as what amounted to an “accidental” participant in the violent assault on the Capitol. Hogan noted that he felt as though Reeder “had to know what was going on” before viewing news coverage later on about what he’d been a part of. Hogan also characterized Reeder’s descriptions of falling out with his family, friends, and job as consequences of his role in an attempt “to overthrow the ordinary operations of our government.”

As reported by journalist Zoe Tillman, Hogan added as follows:

‘It’s become evident to me in the riot cases… that many of the defendants who are pleading guilty are not truly accepting responsibility. They seem to me to be trying to get this out of the way… and stating whatever they have to say… hoping to get probation.’

Hogan also said that he “hope[s]” Reeder’s sentence “does send a signal to the other participants in that riot… that they can expect to receive jail time.” Notably, a different federal judge recently sought to impose a similar message. Despite a request from prosecutors for mere house arrest, federal Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced Matthew Mazzocco to 45 days behind bars for his role in the riot, noting at the time that there “have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government beyond sitting at home.” The judge also noted that the “country is watching to see what the consequences are for something that has not ever happened in the history of this country before.”