Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison

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Published July 13, 2022 10:20 AM

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press

A Maryland man who shoved a police officer with a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to five months in prison. A Justice Department spokesman says U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper also sentenced 27-year-old David Alan Blair on Wednesday to 18 months of supervised release after his prison term. Blair drove from his home in Clarksburg, Maryland, to Washington, D.C., after the riot erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors say Blair encountered a line of police officers on the Capitol’s West Lawn and was arrested after he pushed his lacrosse stick against an officer’s chest.

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