Man who dragged officer into mob gets over 7 years in prison

[swag]

Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, Associated Press

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
Oct. 27, 2022
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 11:30 a.m.

A Tennessee man who dragged a police officer into a mob of rioters, initiating one of the most harrowing acts of violence during the U.S. Capitol attack, was sentenced on Thursday to more than seven years years in prison.

Albuquerque Cosper Head declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to seven years and six months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. The judge said Head was responsible for “some of the darkest acts committed on one of our nation’s darkest days.”

Head's prison sentence is six months shy of the statutory maximum in his case. It's also the second-longest so far among hundreds of cases arising from the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building as Congress prepared to certify President Joe Biden's electoral victory.

“The dark shadow of tyranny unfortunately has not gone away,” Jackson said. “There are people who are still disseminating the lie that the election was stolen. They’re doing it today. And the people who are stoking that anger for their own selfish purposes, they need to think about the havoc they’ve wreaked, the lives they’ve ruined.”

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[Turbineguy]

1. That gives him some time to love trump.

[COL Mustard]

52. And the inability to vote for him!

Sweet!

[louis-t]

2. He thought he would be hailed as a hero.

He stayed awake all night, imagining himself being applauded by deplorables. Maybe tfg himself would invite him on stage at one of his Nazi rallies and give him a 'freedom' medal. The video he took of himself beating a cop with a maga flag would be historically valuable, celebrating the day he and other crazies 'saved' the country. I hope he hangs himself in prison.

[smb]

8. Oh, No, That Would Let Him Off Too Easily nt

[louis-t]

10. After serving 5 years or so of his sentence

of course.

[vlyons]

17. agree with no hanging himself

A much better outcome will be a 6 x 10 gray cell with nothing to do except look at the walls, listen all night to other cons yelling, crying, swearing, etc. There will be some cons who would love the notoriety of shoving a shiv between his ribs, and others who would make him their bitch. The best outcome would be if he met a wise con, who helped him understand that prison is the consequences of his very own actions. But the chances of him having an epiphany realization are probably slim and none. Makes me very sad that people like him are so crazy.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

27. So, can Trump pardon him, just by thinking about it?

That's the MAGA fantasy. 😱

Realistically, though, can Trump pardon this sociopath if he becomes POTUS again? Of course, if Rs take over Congress, they'll find a way to pass a law allowing Pissolini to control everything with his mind.

[Ocelot II]

3. Albuquerque Cosper Head's parents must have hated him, too.

[Ray Bruns]

4. I was thinking the same thing! What kind of name is Cosper Head?

[Ocelot II]

5. What kind of name is Albuquerque Head?

Who names their kid Albuquerque? Who names their kid after state capitals? It's bad enough that Madison was popular for awhile, but Albuquerque? I bet he was picked on constantly in school, which is maybe why he became an insurrectionist asshole.

[smb]

9. More Fitting Names For Mr. Head Might Be "Pin", "Block", or "Shit" nt

[Wuddles440]

39. Chuckle for the day!

[crim son]

45. Thank you for the best laugh I've had all week. n/t

[JudyM]

58. DUzy!

[jmowreader]

59. Empty was my choice

[louis-t]

11. Maybe they were hoping to have 50 kids

and name each after a state capital.

edit: in alphabetical order.

[sarchasm]

28. Place, name, event?

HS must have been brutal.

[Elessar Zappa]

13. Nitpick.

Albuquerque isn’t the capital of NM, Santa Fe is. It is a dumb name though.

[Ocelot II]

14. Oh, you're right. Santa Fe might have been a better name, too.

[d_r]

16. never said the parents were bright

[louis-t]

32. D'oh!

There goes that theory.

[COL Mustard]

53. Well, at least his name isn't

“Gimme”…although it may be, while he’s in prison.

[soldierant]

42. I don't know whether he is even still alive,

and have no idea where he might be now, but there is or was a peron n the United States named Justin Case.

(I always wondered whether he has/had a sister named Nancy Ann who chose to go by "N. Annie" Case.)

[keithbvadu2]

6. To republicans, Back the Blue becomes Backstab the Blue.

To republicans, Back the Blue becomes Backstab the Blue.

[Aviation Pro]

7. Looks like he may have had a little taste of Blue Sky

The influence of Heisenberg runs deep in those circles.

[republianmushroom]

12. YES

About time these A-O pay the price for their actions..

[Botany]

15. Good and he will get to think all that time that he is prison because he believed Trump's lie

“Can you believe I lost to this guy?” Trump blurted out as he watched Biden on TV.

[Ray Bruns]

56. So, how many times did the tipster have to call the FBI

Before they convinced the agent that there really a person called “Albuquerque Cosper Head”.

[Judi Lynn]

18. He was trash before he reached a new low:

[JudyM]

21. Domestic violence, vandalism, 4 DUIs...

I wonder how far this is from the norm for trump supporters….

Thanks for posting this, Judi L

[lambchopp59]

55. As direct witness, a runaway from that ilk

Not far. Not far at all. It is the norm for so many of MAGA. It comprises half of their "patriotism" is the thought of TFG doing crimes and getting away with it as a cockneyed way of justifying acting on their worst drunken and/or spun worst impulses of the past.
I grew up in teen years with dozens of this exact latent ilk- praying to some diety on Sundays since some religious leader convinces tham their sins are all washed away now. Clean slate. But their victims are still raped, PTSD'd and sometimes still dead.

[JudyM]

57. Insightful, and so well depicted, lambchopp59.

Got a chill of dread, this is such a dark web of a social system.

[swag]

19. Another day, another FAFO.

[skypilot]

20. This is the same guy

https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/kingsport-man-allegedly-caught-red-handed-while-stealing-from-a-home/article_82664fdc-b736-5ff7-9b33-f2c8a31e8062.html

[calimary]

23. A jerk is a jerk is a jerk.

Long may he remain incarcerated. He should be glad I wasn’t in charge of sentencing. He got off easy, IMO.

[electric_blue68]

22. Good! Suffer, you bastard...

I can be wary of cops - but not in this circumstance!
.

If he truly has a genuine revelation of what he did wrong...
that'd be good, too.

[Traildogbob]

24. And trump is free, raking in millions in cash.

Suck on that asshole. FreeDumb. Ya got your FreeDumb and lib owning. And you will be sharing housing with all the minorities you are better than. Those minorities that did much less than you, if anything worthy of having to share time with his ass.

[electric_blue68]

26. Heh. I still believe in hat drumphf might do some prison time. 🤞

[Traildogbob]

29. Sure is on my bucket list to see it.

[electric_blue68]

31. Heh I totally understand people's serious skepticism, and I am...

uncertain.


As Yogi Berra said, "It ain't over, till it's over.". 👍

[ShazzieB]

38. I'm holding out hope he will be convicted of something.

But I feel like house arrest is a more likely sentence than prison at his age. Not my first choice, but I think that's how it's likely to go.

[electric_blue68]

47. Hmm....

Well, it's better than nothing if that's what happens.

I say that bc the cruel, lying oaf loves to hear himself talk in front of crowds traveling here, and there all over. Being stuck in one placebmight drive more batty. He (I'd assume) couldn't hop from FLA, to NY, to NJ I hope!!!!!

[ShazzieB]

48. I wonder about the traveling thing, too.

As I understand it, he has to clear out of MAL for several months a year, because the place closes down for the summer. If he had to stay in one place all the time, he wouldn't be able to live in MAL at all. I'm sure that would really grind his gears!

[electric_blue68]

49. 😄 And that would be a beautiful thing! 😄👍

[bottomofthehill]

25. Fuck him. May they be a long and miserable 7

[Cha]

30. TY, swag & Judge Berman Jackson nt

[Midnight Writer]

33. Learn something new everyday. I've always thought there was no such thing as bad Head.

[Bengus81]

34. 45 previous arrests. I think he's learned his lesson...........

Trying to do my best Sen Susan Collins...........

[sinkingfeeling]

35. Is he now a convicted felon?

[jmowreader]

37. Yup. Bang bangs all go away now.

[ShazzieB]

50. Yes, he can't get anywhere near those things.

When my nephew got out of jail after serving time for a felony, my BIL had to get rid of his own gun that he'd had for years before nephew could move in with his parents. Nephew was not even allowed to live under the same roof with any kind of firearm, no matter who the owner was.

Here's an odd thing, though: according to my sister, they were also required to get their dog neutered before nephew could move in with them. I never did hear the explanation for that, but I was very pleased to hear that he was forced to get that dog snipped. He had been dragging his feet about it for too long.

[qzwv8j]

51. What state is your BIL in?

One possible reason for requiring the dog to be neutered is that neutering reduces the amount of testosterone the dog produces - in turn reducing aggressive/violent behaviors. So it could be the courts were, in some fashion, attempting to avoid the ability to “weaponize” the dog.


I’ve never heard of this before, but that is the only reason I can think of they would require that. As an animal advocate I am interested into reading his state statutes.

I believe all states restrict gun possession of parolees…. Many don’t allow them in the same house. My brother has a child with a past. Where he lived, he was able to keep his hunting rifles under lock and key in a gun safe and still have his child live with him. However, if he had them, he would have had to get rid of handguns and things like that though.

[ShazzieB]

54. The state is Illinois.

The gun BIL had to get rid of was a hunting rifle. He did not have a gun safe.

[Paladin]

36. Outstanding! (nt)

[Skittles]

40. I think his problems started when he was named Albuquerque Cosper Head

[Ocelot II]

41. Yup. Constant wedgies throughout middle school can have an effect on a guy.

[AverageOldGuy]

43. I am so-o-o-o-o glad to hear this news!!

I live in rural VA, near the Northern Neck Regional Jail. (FYI: VA has a system of regional jails, mostly in rural areas. Our small rural counties cannot afford our own jails, so, several counties support a regional jail -- Northern Neck Regional serves my county. The VA "Northern Neck" is a peninsula of six rural counties between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, bordering on the Chesapeake Bay,)

Now, for the rest of the story. A good number of federal prisoners are held in these regional jails awaiting trial or sentencing. NNeck Regional has been home to a dozen or so Jan 6 thugs who have become heroes to our local Tea Parties and Patriots. One of these groups, the "Northern Neck Patriots" is led by a guy who was tossed out of the Navy for refusing a COVID shot. He's a self-appointed "pastor" of a small church.

The NNeck Patriots have adopted the Jan 6 prisoners in the NNeck Regional Jail as a cause. They claim the Jan 6 thugs are being beaten in the jail, given dirty details, and the like. They visit the Jail regularly, give the warden fits, and generally make asses of themselves.

One of the Jan 6 thugs in NNeck Regional -- Chris Quaglin -- has made a martyr of himself claiming that he is glucose-intolerant and suffers from celiac disease; the Jail has him on a special diet (but he purchases honey buns, noodles, and other goodies from the jail commissary -- not exactly a celiac disease diet).

Albuquerque Head is one of the thugs in NNeck Regional who is being championed by the "patriots". I'll make certain they all know about his sentence.

[mobeau69]

44. Amy Berman Jackson is a bad ass. Hope Joe gets a chance to get her on SCOTUS.

Good job, Judge Jackson.

[Kid Berwyn]

46. When's Trump going to jail?

Justice delayed being justice denied and all.