Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting a police officer in a raid on the US Congress.
At the hearing in the case on the congressional raid on January 6, 2021 in the US, it was recalled that Daniel “DJ” Rodríguez, 40, shot former metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone in the neck with a taser that day. of the raid.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Rodriguez was a “one-man army of hate” who attacked police and decimated property.
Describing Rodriguez’s reason for coming to Washington DC on the day of the raid as a fight, Judge Jackson asserted that the defendant has no one to blame but himself for his actions.
12 YEARS 7 MONTHS PRISON
Judge Jackson sentenced Rodriguez to 12 years and 7 months in prison for his role in the raid.
Former police officer Fanone said what he experienced the day of the raid cost him his career, and that he has also become a target of supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Fanone left the courtroom when it was Rodriguez’s turn to talk.
Rodriguez, who has already been in prison for two years, pleaded guilty to charges of “conspiracy, assault with a dangerous weapon, and obstruction of official progress” at his court hearing in February.
THEY ATTACKED THE POLICE
In addition to Daniel Rodriguez, other protesters, Kyle Young and Albuquerque Head, also stood trial in the case involving the assault of former metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone.
In that context, at the October 2022 hearing, Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Albuquerque Head, who had thrown Fanone in front of the protesters, to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
At the federal court hearing in Washington on September 28, 2022, Judge Jackson said that Kyle Young, who was at the forefront of protesters who attacked police officers on the day of the raid on Congress, forced Fanone to take his gun. electrical. , causing him to receive an electric shock to the neck, be struck by crawling on the ground, and pass out risking his life. .
Jackson sentenced protester Young, 38, to 7 years and 2 months in prison for assaulting Fanone.
Since January 6, 2021, more than 1,000 people have been arrested in nearly 50 states for crimes related to violations of the US Capitol, with more than 320 charged with assault or obstructing law enforcement. Investigations into the congressional raid continue. (AA)