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BumRushDaShow

(143,318 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 05:03 PM Nov 1

Jan. 6 rioter wrestled officer for his baton, kicked him in the chest with his boot

Source: Law & Crime

Nov 1st, 2024, 2:57 pm


A Jan. 6 rioter and hunting guide from Colorado is going to prison after admitting to wrestling an officer to the ground for his baton and kicking the officer in the chest with his boot during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Patrick Montgomery, 51, was sentenced Thursday to 37 months — or more than three years — in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. He was convicted of assaulting officers and obstruction of an official proceeding, the latter charge dismissed following the Supreme Court’s decision in Fischer v. United States, prosecutors said.

Montgomery’s attorney, Roger Roots, reacted to his client’s sentence, telling The Colorado Sun in an email that he thought his client was “seriously over-sentenced.”

“The DOJ has sought the harshest sentences for political rioting in American history for Jan. 6 defendants,” Roots said. “Mr. Montgomery was sentenced to more than three years in prison for pulling on an officer’s baton.”

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/quit-doing-your-job-and-be-an-american-jan-6-rioter-wrestled-officer-for-his-baton-kicked-him-in-the-chest-with-his-boot/



Full headline: ‘Quit doing your job and be an American’: Jan. 6 rioter wrestled officer for his baton, kicked him in the chest with his boot

Link to DOJ PRESS RELEASE - https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/colorado-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-1
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Jan. 6 rioter wrestled officer for his baton, kicked him in the chest with his boot (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 1 OP
Should be longer IMO irisblue Nov 1 #1
100% agreement sdfernando Nov 1 #2
10 Years minimum verargert Nov 1 #6
Much longer ailsagirl Nov 1 #11
FAFO AverageOldGuy Nov 1 #3
When you see the whites of their eyes ... verargert Nov 1 #7
After thinking of everybody I have known, it's not surprising that.... chouchou Nov 1 #4
I myself think he's been "seriously under-sentenced." NBachers Nov 1 #5
Geeeebz! Kicking someone in the chest with a heavy boot is pretty close to attemped murder. Waaaay longer sentence! electric_blue68 Nov 1 #8
My little asshole nephew was there. askyagerz Nov 1 #9
Maybe HE should have the chance...... MyOwnPeace Nov 1 #10
That's a Lawyer for You! The Roux Comes First Nov 1 #12
Gitmo should be where they are sent. twodogsbarking Nov 2 #13
Patrick your application to Fed U. and your life time membership republianmushroom Nov 2 #14

sdfernando

(5,394 posts)
2. 100% agreement
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 05:22 PM
Nov 1

these assholes tried to overthrow the government!...they should rot in jail the rest of their lives....Treasonist bastards!...every one of them!

AverageOldGuy

(2,129 posts)
3. FAFO
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 05:33 PM
Nov 1

The fools who participated in the Jan 6 coup attempt and who are still roaming around think they will pull the same stunt this time. They don't realize that Biden commands all US military forces and he will not tolerate any of this shit.

My daughter who lives in DC on Capitol Hill tells me the Capitol Police, DC Police, MD and VA State Police along with DC, VA, and MD National Guard have been practicing the drilling for a couple of weeks already.

Would be fine with me if there were a few dozen Ashley Babbits this time around.

chouchou

(1,357 posts)
4. After thinking of everybody I have known, it's not surprising that....
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 05:40 PM
Nov 1

...even the worst of them, would have NEVER been that damn stupid to believe the likes of Donald Trump and PURPOSELY put
themselves in great harm and believed all the total bullshit that was thrown up against the wall...
I'd like to tell them .."You threw your life away for that piece of Human Garbage?"

electric_blue68

(18,383 posts)
8. Geeeebz! Kicking someone in the chest with a heavy boot is pretty close to attemped murder. Waaaay longer sentence!
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 06:37 PM
Nov 1

askyagerz

(901 posts)
9. My little asshole nephew was there.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 07:40 PM
Nov 1

He supposedly never went in. Just out on the steps after the breach. Last I knew the fbi still hadn't talked to him. He was def snitched out on FB though lol.

MyOwnPeace

(17,280 posts)
10. Maybe HE should have the chance......
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 07:47 PM
Nov 1

to say "Sir, I was proud to serve!" to DonOld tRump, and then go face Liz Cheney's firing squad................

Seems 'fair' - right?

The Roux Comes First

(1,578 posts)
12. That's a Lawyer for You!
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 10:34 PM
Nov 1

Always desperate to increase his billable hours. He's certainly known all along he has an idiot exemplar for a client and could not possibly win this case.

The sentence actually seems too mild to me. Let us not pretend it was merely trying to grab his stick. Much more complex and multi-faceted than that.

republianmushroom

(17,901 posts)
14. Patrick your application to Fed U. and your life time membership
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 08:14 PM
Nov 2

in the felon club has been approved and now your rewards,. Enjoy, dude.
Oh, Patrick, being a felon, NO guns.

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