Southern California man who shocked officer during Capitol riot gets more than 12 years
A Panorama City man who used an electroshock weapon on a police officer in the midst of the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol after advocating violence before the insurrection was sentenced on Wednesday, June 21, to 12 years and seven months in federal prison.
Rodriguez bragged about his actions immediately following the riot, posting that he had “Tazzzzzed the out of the blue.”a tearful Rodriguez described himself to a FBI agent as a “piece of ” when asked why he shocked the officer. When asked why he went to the Capitol, he explained: “My story is just that we thought we were going to save America, and we were wrong.”
After more than a half-hour of what prosecutors described as “intense, close-contact fighting,” the officers were beginning to push back the rioters. Officer Fanone, at the front of the defense, was grabbed around his neck by a rioter and dragged down the steps of the Lower West Terrace toward the larger mob.
Rodriguez then climbed into the Capitol through a broken window and helped ransack restricted rooms, telling others to help him “look for intel.” As he left the building, Rodriguez sent a message to his group chat: “No Democrats found unfortunately” next to the image of a gallows with the U.S. Capitol in the background.Badalian — Rodriguez’s co-defendant —
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