Proud Boy who triggered breach of Capitol building on Jan. 6 sentenced to 10 years

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: Politico

Dominic Pezzola, a New York Proud Boy who triggered the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the Capitol when he smashed a window with a stolen police riot shield, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the attack.

“You were the one who smashed that window and let people begin to stream into that Capitol building and threaten the lives of our lawmakers,” U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly said as he delivered his sentence on Friday. “It’s not something I would have ever dreamed I would have seen in our country.”

Pezzola’s sentence closes one of the most harrowing chapters of the Jan. 6 riot. The image of Pezzola smashing the window became emblematic of the threat to democracy that unfolded that day, and it was featured during the impeachment trial of Donald Trump that unfolded a month later.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/01/proud-boy-who-triggered-breach-of-capitol-building-on-jan-6-sentenced-to-10-years-00113765

---

Link to tweet

[4lbs]

1. Another day, another "Proud Boy" sentenced to jail for double-digit

years for their Jan 6 actions.

The song "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen comes to mind.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Pezzola has been sentenced to 10 years in prison related to the insurrection

Link to tweet

[groundloop]

3. Not Enough - these bastards tried to overthrow the US Govt. for crying out loud.

[Oopsie Daisy]

4. I keep feeling like they should be receiving MORE time than they're actually getting.

[Flatrat]

5. Dom probably got time off his sentence

For giving up his co-conspirators

[RandySF]

6. Shouted "Trump won" on his way out the room.

Last edited Fri Sep 1, 2023, 02:30 PM - Edit history (1)

[Evolve Dammit]

7. That's the problem. Totally un-repentant.

[dalton99a]

10. Zero remorse.

[Omnipresent]

8. Proud boys to never become proud men.

[dalton99a]

9. Goddamn Trump judge should have given him 20

[Comfortably_Numb]

11. I'll throw this out there. Are these judges sympathetic to white nationalism? We know Congress

is infested with magats and racist sympathizers, so what about the judges?

[tonekat]

16. My thoughts exactly. N/T

[republianmushroom]

12. Another long term member to the "Felon Club".

[electric_blue68]

13. You effer, good. Yeah, I would have liked at least 15-20....

That vid was one of the more shocking (they were all shocking) ones!

[Blue Owl]

14. K&R

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Once the judge departed, the defendant raised his fist and yelled "Trump won"

Link to tweet