A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt was sentenced on Thursday to 75 days of imprisonment.
while wearing an antisemitic "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt was sentenced on Thursday to 75 days of imprisonment.
after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. When FBI agents asked him why he wore it, he "fatuously" replied, "Because I was cold," a federal prosecutor said in a court filing.Packer’s sweatshirt depicted an image of a human skull above the words "Camp Auschwitz." The word "Staff" was on the back.
Defense attorney Stephen Brennwald acknowledged that Packer’s attire was "seriously offensive" but argued that it shouldn’t be a sentencing factor because he has a free speech right to wear it. Packer declined to speak during Thursday’s hearing because he didn’t want his words "splashed out there" on social media his lawyer told the judge.to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, which carries a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment., when a police officer fatally shot her as she tried to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby.
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