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Capitol Rioter Sentenced to Over 12 Years for Repeatedly Stunning Police Officer

  • Daniel Rodriguez, who called himself an "American Supremacist," was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for attacking Officer Michael Fanone during the January 6th Capitol riot.
  • Rodriguez drove a stun gun into Fanone's neck twice, causing Fanone to lose consciousness and suffer a heart attack.
  • Fanone's injuries ultimately forced him into early retirement from the Metropolitan Police Department.
  • Rodriguez pleaded guilty to four felony charges including assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.
  • Rodriguez claimed he was radicalized by former President Trump's false claims of election fraud and traveled from California to Washington D.C. to violently protest the certification of the 2020 election.
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