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BumRushDaShow

(128,866 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 06:10 PM Sep 2022

'The violence was you': January 6 rioter who assaulted Michael Fanone sentenced to over 7 years

Source: CNN Politics

CNN — Kyle Young, one of several rioters who attacked Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone during the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol was sentenced to 86 months in prison on Tuesday. “On January 6, the violence was you,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Young before handing down the sentence, adding that he was a “one man wrecking ball” that day who attacked Fanone “under the whirling banner of a ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag.”

In May, Young pleaded guilty to assaulting Fanone, holding his wrist and pulling his arm while the officer was dragged into the mob by other rioters. Fanone has since left the Metropolitan Police and is now a CNN contributor. After being pulled from the line of officers, Fanone was then beaten by rioters during one of the most brutal assaults on police protecting the Capitol that day.

He was tased in the neck and eventually lost consciousness during the attack, where he had begged rioters for his life and told them he had children. Young, Jackson said, was the individual who handed another rioter the stun gun used to electrocute Fanone. Young then showed the individual how to operate the device. “You had to teach him how to turn it on,” Jackson said, “you armed someone.”

The individual, Daniel Rodriguez, is charged with electrocuting Fanone several times in his neck and has pleaded not guilty. “I hope someday you’ll forgive me,” Young, who brought his 16-year-old son with him to the Capitol, said to Fanone during the sentencing hearing. “I know you hate me.” Young told the judge that “whatever you give me as punishment I accept and I probably deserve.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/politics/kyle-young-assault-michael-fanone-january-6/index.html



Full headline: ‘The violence was you’: January 6 rioter who assaulted Michael Fanone sentenced to over 7 years in prison
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'The violence was you': January 6 rioter who assaulted Michael Fanone sentenced to over 7 years (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 2022 OP
Should've been life without parole imo SheltieLover Sep 2022 #1
He needs to go away for a long time. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2022 #2
I believe if January 6th proved anything for certain, Uncle Joe Sep 2022 #3
And I hate you too,.... paleotn Sep 2022 #4
I hope he does every day of that sentence. LoisB Sep 2022 #5
86 months for TREASON and ATTEMPTED MURDER?? He deserves a life sentence. n/t TeamProg Sep 2022 #6
Absolutely! Duppers Sep 2022 #16
The penalty for treason is death The Grand Illuminist Sep 2022 #18
'Kill him with his own gun' keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #7
should be hard labor IMHO riversedge Sep 2022 #8
Seven years is light. Like all the other sentences. That's my opinion in light of what they did. n/t Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #9
I think this one sticks out more even more than the others. jgo Sep 2022 #25
Agree. Welcome! Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #26
Attempted murder I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2022 #28
Not enough. They should never get out of prison. They are traitors to America. onecaliberal Sep 2022 #10
What he PROBABLY deserves?!? catbyte Sep 2022 #11
Yes!!! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #12
Can Fanone file a civil suit against him on top of this? tenderfoot Sep 2022 #13
RW GoFUndMe would pay any penalty. He deserves to lose his liberty, not buy his way out. PSPS Sep 2022 #19
I believe he can file a civil suit - yes jgo Sep 2022 #23
As Fanone stated, he should be spending the time in prison with 45 who conspired and organized 1/6. Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #14
Was it worth it you dirty fidiot MAGAts? Your life is over thanks to Trump. OMGWTF Sep 2022 #15
Order in the court because GreenWave Sep 2022 #17
This isn't justice. He'll probably be out before the end of Biden's first term. PSPS Sep 2022 #20
These people are susceptible to authority figures and their rhetoric and propaganda. Brainfodder Sep 2022 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Brainfodder Sep 2022 #21
I'm sure the guards are going to love him purr-rat beauty Sep 2022 #24
You left out a key paragraph. edbermac Sep 2022 #27
Terrorist's mother and several other individuals that were seated with her called me a piece of shit LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #29

BlueTsunami2018

(3,491 posts)
2. He needs to go away for a long time.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 06:15 PM
Sep 2022

That assault was as brutal as anything that happened that day. Just a horror show.

As an electrician though, I have to point out that tazing someone is not electrocution. Electrocution results in death. He was shocked with the tazer.

Uncle Joe

(58,349 posts)
3. I believe if January 6th proved anything for certain,
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 06:29 PM
Sep 2022

it's that flags or symbols, no matter what they are, don't mean jack shit unto themselves but only to the interpreter and also to beware of idolatry.

Thanks for the thread BumRushDaShow

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
7. 'Kill him with his own gun'
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 06:48 PM
Sep 2022

Right Wing police slogans:::::: Empty slogans

RW slogans::::::
Blue Lives Matter
Police lives matter
Back the Blue ..... becomes: Backstab the blue

Empty slogans



----------------------------------
A slogan that Trump's terrorists/tourists believe in:::

'Kill him with his own gun'

jgo

(911 posts)
25. I think this one sticks out more even more than the others.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 09:37 PM
Sep 2022

Don't really understand - troubling - should be at least 20 years. The guard suffered a heart attack for heavens sake.

catbyte

(34,374 posts)
11. What he PROBABLY deserves?!?
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 07:14 PM
Sep 2022

What he deserves is hanging at Leavenworth, tbh. He tried to overthrow the legitimately-elected government of the United States of America by doing the bidding of his God Emperor, the worst man this country has ever produced.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
21. These people are susceptible to authority figures and their rhetoric and propaganda.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 09:06 PM
Sep 2022

It is sad that they seem unaware of those 2 things: propaganda & rhetoric and the twisting of them, the cherry-picking, and flat out lying?

Or is it just dummies taking things too seriously, but ultimately their ideology culled from their consumption of said rhetoric and propaganda that is now a bit more mean spirited & ever relentless?




Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

edbermac

(15,938 posts)
27. You left out a key paragraph.
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 01:51 PM
Sep 2022

“As Fanone walked back to his seat in the courtroom, one man sitting in the audience called Fanone a “piece of s**t” and was quickly removed from the courtroom by a deputy US Marshal”

WTF???

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