Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
Source: Washington Post/AP
May 2, 2024 at 2:52 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON A Georgia business owner who bragged that he fed a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.
Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him head first and face down into the crowd on the Capitols Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text message that he fed him to the people.
Roughly 20 minutes later, Whitton tried to pull a second officer into the crowd, prosecutors say. He also kicked at, threatened and threw a construction pylon at officers trying to hold off the mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters. Youre gonna die tonight! he shouted at police after striking an officers riot shield.
Whitton, of Locust Grove, Georgia, expressed remorse for his horrible actions on Jan. 6 before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced him to four years and nine months in prison. The 33-year-old will get credit for the three years that he has been jailed since his arrest.
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marble falls
(57,773 posts)Hassler
(3,409 posts)HandmaidsTaleUntold
(267 posts)Thats attempted murder.
catsudon
(857 posts)but i wouldn't hid my happiness if he was gunned down right then by the officers for self defense, like that other waste of human being ... don't remember her name, don't care.
Irish_Dem
(48,449 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,515 posts)This fool gets to go back to fence building in 2 years.