Jan. 6 rioter shows cop's blood on hands and brags 'I fed him to the people': prosecutor
Prosecutors are requesting a lengthy prison sentence for a Kentucky man who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and was caught on video attacking police officers, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Photos show 33-year-old Jack Wade Whitton Jr. hitting police with a metal crutch and dragging an injured officer to the ground. Prosecutors want him to spend eight years in prison.
At one point during the riot he yelled, "You're gonna die tonight!"
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In a post to Instagram later that day, he bragged about dragging the injured officer, posting pictures of his bloody handing and writing, “This is from a bad cop. Yea I fed him to the people. Idk his status. And don’t care tbh.”
Prosecutors want Whitton to spend 97 months in prison and pay a fine of over $61,000.
Read the full report over at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.