A Florida man has been handed a five-year sentence for attacking police at the Jan. 6 Capitol riots in Washington D.C., the longest sentence handed to someone charged in attack, according to The Washington Post.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in October that Robert Scott Palmer of Largo, Fla., was part of the crowd of rioters on Jan. 6 and threw a wooden plank at U.S. Capitol Police officers as well as at D.C. Metropolitan officers. Palmer was dubbed #FloridaFlagJacket by online sleuths investigating the Capitol attack, per HuffPost.
Palmer pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon, and his original plea agreement called for a sentencing range of 46 to 57 months.
However, after pleading guilty, the prosecutors said Palmer attempted to lie in an online fundraiser and said he did “go on the defense and throw a fire extinguisher at the police” after being shot with rubber bullets and tear gas, per the Post.
The U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan agreed with the prosecution that his lie implied a failure to accept responsibility for his actions, and imposed a 63-month sentence, the report added.
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Jan. 6 rioter dubbed "Florida Flag Jacket" handed longest sentence yet https://t.co/DnvzB3STJn pic.twitter.com/LpsoGvu4HZ
— The Hill (@thehill) December 17, 2021
HAPPENING NOW: Robert Scott Palmer is speaking in court as he faces the harshest sentence of any Jan. 6 rioter on charges he repeatedly assaulted police officers with a fire extinguisher, wooden pole and other implements.https://t.co/YaymSdC21D
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 17, 2021
A judge rejected arguments from a Capitol Riot participant that he should get a more lenient sentence because Trump and other Jan. 6 organizers have not been held accountable for their conduct https://t.co/xBwsTkWn0Y
— POLITICO (@politico) December 17, 2021
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