Far-right Proud Boys member jailed for 10 years

A Proud Boy who led the US Capitol riot by smashing his mode into the analyzable with a constabulary shield earlier helium filmed himself puffing a celebratory cigar has been sentenced to 10 years successful prison.

Dominic Pezzola, a 46-year-old erstwhile US Marine, fought with officers during the raid connected Congress connected 6 January 2021.

He was convicted of assaulting constabulary and obstructing an authoritative proceeding.

Another Proud Boy, Ethan Nordean, faces sentencing connected a much superior seditious conspiracy complaint connected Friday.

A selfie video taken connected the time of the riot shows Pezzola smoking what helium described arsenic a "victory cigar" successful the Capitol building.

Pezzola and Nordean went to proceedings alongside 3 different members of the organisation, including erstwhile president Enrique Tarrio and US subject veterans Joe Biggs and Zachary Rehl.

On Thursday, Biggs and Rehl were sentenced to 17 and 15 years successful situation respectively.

Of the five, Pezzola was the lone 1 acquitted of seditious conspiracy, a complaint applied to defendants for plotting to overthrow the authorities oregon usage unit "to prevent, hinder, oregon hold the execution of immoderate instrumentality of the United States".

Prosecutors, however, argued that Pezzola's convulsive actions astatine the riot warranted a stiff sentence.

"Pezzola's actions and grounds permission nary uncertainty that helium intended to power oregon impact the behaviour of authorities by intimidation oregon coercion," prosecutors wrote successful a sentencing memo. "He committed crimes of coercion connected January 6."

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