A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Jeffrey Sabol ripped a baton from an officer’s hands before pulling another officer into the crowd outside the Capitol, allowing other rioters to assault the officer with weapons.
Sabol, 54, told U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras that he knows he is “100%” guilty and would have apologized directly to the officers whom he attacked if they had attended the hearing.
“I accept whatever it is you hand me,” Sabol said. “I’ll be honest: I deserve it.”
The judge sentenced Sabol to five years and three months behind bars. He’ll get credit for the three years and two months that he has already spent in jail since his arrest.
Look, these fuckers gave me PTSD. I don’t mean, “Someone hassled me on FB!”, PTSD. I mean the real deal. My hatred and anger and fear are still with me, making me act irrationally all this time later. So…
This worthless article doesn’t state what the man was charged with, and I’d bet that makes the difference. I find the charge is what’s causing many of these light sentences. OTOH, the judges have been far more lenient than the prosecutors, so there’s that.