Utah man sentenced to 3 years in prison for role in U.S. Capitol riot
However, Landon Copeland, of Hildale, has already served about two years in jail awaiting trial and sentencing. Copeland will receive credit for that time.
In what’s called a sentencing memo filed in federal court in Washington, prosecutors contended Copeland had shown no remorse for fighting with officers. The document describes Copeland pushing a rioter into a police officer. “Copeland put himself at the front of the crowd,” the memo says, “in a position to confront officers, and fight with them. Over the course of about five minutes, Copeland committed multiple assaults against multiple officers. Those assaults stemmed from hand-to-hand combat; essentially, they were part of a brawl.”
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