Jan. 6 rioter who 'blind-side tackled' Capitol officer is sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jan-6-rioter-who-blind-side-tackled-capitol-officer-is-sentenced-to-more-than-6-years-in-prison/ar-BB1hv8Bj





WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who "blind-side tackled" a U.S. Capitol Police officer from behind on Jan. 6 and flipped him over a ledge was sentenced to more than six years in prison Tuesday.

Ralph Celentano, a New York man who thought Trump was the greatest president in American history, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly called Celentano's conduct "disgraceful" and that there was no excuse for it, calling the attack on the officer "a truly cowardly and despicable thing to do."

Celentano was arrested in 2022 and convicted at trial last year. Court evidence shows that he believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election, writing on social media that "crooked poll workers need to be hauled before judges" before heading to the "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington on Jan. 6, and then heading to the Capitol.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-york-man-found-guilty-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-related-capitol-breach

According to the government’s evidence, Celentano traveled from New York to Washington D.C. and attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. After the rally, Celentano breached the restricted perimeter of the U.S. Capitol Building and made his way to the very front of the mass of rioters gathered at the Lower West Terrace. At the same time rioters had breached the Capitol Building and forced the recess of the U.S. House of Representatives, Celentano engaged in several physical altercations with law enforcement officers attempting to hold their police line on the West Front. Celentano locked arms with other rioters and pushed forward to breach the police line and then repeatedly shoved a separate law enforcement officer backward.

Evidence at trial showed that after successfully breaching the police line, Celentano observed a uniformed Capitol Police officer standing at the edge of a raised platform with his back turned. Celentano approached the officer from behind and rammed the officer in a “football-style tackle.” According to court documents, the officer was hit so hard that he flipped over the ledge and fell onto officers below him. The officer, an Iraq war veteran, recalled thinking, “I didn’t survive a war to go out like this.”

Over the course of the next few days, Celentano sent several text messages and posted on the social media network Parler about the riot on Jan. 6th. Among his messages, Celentano indicated he had fought the Capitol Police and won, taken over the Capitol, and stated that it was a day he would always remember, and that he would do it all over again.

Celentano was arrested on March 9, 2022, in Broad Channel, New York.

[Midnight Writer]

1. Again, I am left wondering if this guy had a past criminal record.

I've read a lot of stories about the J6 traitors, but they never delve into the past of these fools.

Are these (previously) worthy citizens who were overcome with the sudden urge to attack cops and invade the Capitol, or are these malignant troublemakers with criminal records? Are they misguided fools who think they are protecting America, or are they louts who abuse their families and enjoy bullying and bar fights?

I also wonder how many of them were drunk on J6? Same for the trump rally-goers. Reporters interview these MAGAs at every one of the Trump rallies. Do they detect alcohol or other signs of impairment? They never mention it.

[B.See]

10. I can recall reading of something that confirmed the latter

...malignant troublemakers.. criminal records... louts who abuse their families... etc.

Mostly the cream of the crop of individuals you'd never want to know.

[flashman13]

13. All the best people!

[COL Mustard]

16. I'd have to be drunk

To get anywhere near one of Former President Stinky’s rallies, that much I can assure you.

[meadowlander]

23. There were a number of stories at the time about rioters they caught because they wore their ankle monitors

to the insurrection.

We're not talking about the national brain trust here.

https://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacist-bryan-betancur-gps-proud-boys-1562364

[Drum]

2. Yes..."a day he would always remember."

And, what’s with the mask, Snowflake? Better develop your immunity to things before ya do 6 years in lockup!

[Aristus]

3. Enjoy your stay in the stone hotel, asshole.

Better grow some eyes in the back of your head. Six years is about a third of what you should have gotten.

[struggle4progress]

4. He was playing "Putin says"

"Putin says push someone off a ledge or out of a window"

[mwb970]

5. Clearly, trump is supported entirely by jerks, sickos and aholes.

Some "base" The worst people in America.

[llmart]

7. Hillary was too kind calling them a basketful of deplorables.

I refer to them as the dregs of humanity.

I hope they keep arresting these jerks and that they spend time in the slammer. Take their guns away while you're at it, since felons aren't allowed to have guns.

[COL Mustard]

17. As Wellington said

The scum of the earth. At least the ones he had at Waterloo had some redeeming qualities.

[orangecrush]

6. Alpha Mike Foxtrot

Adios, Motherf*****

[Cha]

8. Have Fun in the SLAMMER, Asshole.

[COL Mustard]

18. I bet his

Asshole is slamming just like the doors!

[republianmushroom]

9. Enjoy your stay and your earned title "Felon", dude.

Are you still having fun ?

[rurallib]

11. and ironically he won't be able to vote for his hero plus

his hero probably won't win so he won't get pardoned

Have a nice stay

[irisblue]

12. From the NYT on the domestic terrorist charging

Source-https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/ralph-joseph-celentano-jan-6.html
(please note the date).

snip-:,The officer, who was identified in court papers only as K.E., later recalled being “blindsided” from behind in a “football-type tackle,” prosecutors said. The officer said that after he fell, his main concern was standing up so he wouldn’t be “stomped on.”

An Iraq War veteran, he recalled thinking, “I didn’t survive a war to go out like this,” prosecutors said."

[Hekate]

14. Good. I also want to know what happened to the guy who tried to gouge out a cop's eyes with his thumbs

Did he ever get locked up?

Such violent animals don’t belong in human society.

[obamanut2012]

20. Yes, Thomas Webster got 10 years

[Hekate]

21. Excellent

[TomSlick]

15. The wheels of justice turn slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Bluepinky]

19. He has a face that would make a train take a dirt road.

His family must be so proud of him!
(Actually, they probably are).

[Hassler]

22. Enjoy the fine prison cuisine, traitor