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Peter Schwartz, a Kentucky man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray when he stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — setting a new record for the longest sentence imposed in connection to the riot.
A Pennsylvania man found guilty of felony assault and other charges for pepper-spraying police officers outside the US Capitol was sentenced on Friday to
“You are not a political prisoner,” the judge told the defendant. “You’re not somebody who is standing up against injustice or fighting against an autocratic regime.”
Peter Schwartz’s prison sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
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A rioter has been given a record sentence for attacking police while storming the Capitol.