A Jan. 6 rioter who repeatedly struck a police officer with a flag pole as the officer was being dragged down the steps of the Capitol has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.
Peter Stager, a 44-year-old truck driver from Arkansas, was sentenced to 52 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. Prosecutors hadsix-and-a-half years in prison, citing Stager's"chilling motivation" and the brutality of the assault.
In court, however, Stager said Monday that he thought that the officer was a member of antifa, and that all he saw were the officer's shoes and that it was “kind of odd” for people to be dressed in tactical gear and wearing hiking boots.An aerial photograph was taken as members of the mob at the Capitol dragged a police officer down stairs and into the crowd. Peter Stager, top, is circled in dark blue. Logan Barnhart is circled in yellow. Others circled are also defendants.
Contreras added that former President Donald Trump and his allies"bear responsibility for what occurred that day."
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