05-23-2024, 10:27 PM
I call them hatchets but whatever.
Marine veteran who carried tomahawk in Jan. 6 riot gets two-year sentence
https://wapo.st/3QZdFaP
A Marine war veteran who prosecutors said carried “a tactical tomahawk axe” into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison.
Alex K. Harkrider, 36, traveled from rural East Texas to Washington with Ryan T. Nichols, 33, a friend and fellow former Marine, and both muscled their way into the Capitol with mobs of supporters of President Donald Trump, authorities said. While Harkrider carried the tomahawk, Nichols had a crowbar, pepper spray and bullhorn.
Authorities said the two men — who had stashed four firearms outside Washington — wore body armor during the Capitol attack, which occurred while a joint session of Congress was meeting to formally count 2020 electoral votes, confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race.
Nichols, who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington to obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting police officers, was sentenced May 2 to five years in prison and fined $200,000, by far the largest financial penalty yet imposed in a Jan. 6 case, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in the District.
On Thursday, it was Harkrider’s turn to appear before Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who had sentenced Nichols.
Harkrider, a former infantryman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was convicted in January of four felonies and three misdemeanors. His attorney Kira West said Harkrider, who said he has post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of heavy drinking, was the “follower” and Nichols the “leader” as the two stormed the Capitol. She unsuccessfully sought a sentence of three months, the amount of time Harkrider already has spent behind bars.
Marine veteran who carried tomahawk in Jan. 6 riot gets two-year sentence
https://wapo.st/3QZdFaP
A Marine war veteran who prosecutors said carried “a tactical tomahawk axe” into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison.
Alex K. Harkrider, 36, traveled from rural East Texas to Washington with Ryan T. Nichols, 33, a friend and fellow former Marine, and both muscled their way into the Capitol with mobs of supporters of President Donald Trump, authorities said. While Harkrider carried the tomahawk, Nichols had a crowbar, pepper spray and bullhorn.
Authorities said the two men — who had stashed four firearms outside Washington — wore body armor during the Capitol attack, which occurred while a joint session of Congress was meeting to formally count 2020 electoral votes, confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race.
Nichols, who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington to obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting police officers, was sentenced May 2 to five years in prison and fined $200,000, by far the largest financial penalty yet imposed in a Jan. 6 case, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in the District.
On Thursday, it was Harkrider’s turn to appear before Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who had sentenced Nichols.
Harkrider, a former infantryman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was convicted in January of four felonies and three misdemeanors. His attorney Kira West said Harkrider, who said he has post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of heavy drinking, was the “follower” and Nichols the “leader” as the two stormed the Capitol. She unsuccessfully sought a sentence of three months, the amount of time Harkrider already has spent behind bars.
