Daniel Rodriguez, the man who attacked then-Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock weapon in the neck during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison.
Fanone said he was beaten with a flagpole in addition to being tased several times in the neck and heard people in the mob saying they should “kill him with his own gun.” Several people tried to pull his weapon from its holster, according to Fanone, who said he begged the mob to spare him, telling them, “I have kids.”
Reading this part gave me chills, that must have been horrifying for the officer to experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGe4C3QqNQ
WATCH: Officer Michael Fanone testifies on what happened in the Jan. 6 attack
PBS NewsHour