Trump fan gets 4-year sentence for hitting officers with a fire extinguisher on Jan. 6
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON A retired firefighter who went to a "cult deprogramming" expert to figure out how he came to believe Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 presidential election was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison on Tuesday for chucking a fire extinguisher at police officers as they protected the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Robert Sanford, wearing prison orange, told Senior Judge Paul L. Friedman that he was embarrassed, ashamed and disgusted by his behavior on Jan. 6. Sanford, who worked as a firefighter in Chester, Pennsylvania, was arrested in mid-Jan. 2021, and has already spent roughly eight months in custody, which will be shaved off his 52-month sentence. He will also serve three years of supervised release.
"Mob mentality is real, and I got caught up in it," Sanford said, apologizing to the officers he assaulted and to first responders who saw his conduct that day, saying he'd been proud of the work he'd done as a firefighter.
"I never wanted to tarnish that reputation. On Jan. 6, I did," Sanford said.Sanford, his attorney said, had worked with an individual who specializes in "cult deprogramming" and was "confronted with facts about the 'stolen election' conspiracy theory among others and how psychological manipulation is used to indoctrinate the followers of a conspiracy."
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-gets-four-years-hitting-officers-fire-extinguisher-rcna79141
That guy was "local" to the Philly area (from Chester, PA).
Walleye
(31,039 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)including a large portion of my neighbors.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)Save. That. Phrase.
IronLionZion
(45,508 posts)if you're part of a violent and delusional cult following a depraved sociopath
Goonch
(3,612 posts)live love laugh
(13,124 posts)Cha
(297,503 posts)on the Record.
Of Course, we knew/know it but Now it's on Record!
Sanford never wanted to tarnish his Fire Fighting Record But he did. you can thank the Fuckhead Trator for That.
ShazzieB
(16,476 posts)Not letting the fuckhead traitor off the hook, but Sanford freely chose to follow him.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,336 posts)They do this by sound minded choice. They know what they are doing.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)I remember people trying to track him and the discussion about whether that was a Chicago Fire Department hat.
Have fun in jail!
marble falls
(57,154 posts)marble falls
(57,154 posts)ImNotGod
(134 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,961 posts)... if those are his views, now, great. If they are words written by him for by a lawyer, maybe great. I'm very thankful not cult would ever make me hit a police officer with a fire extinguisher.
Hassler
(3,384 posts)hibbing
(10,107 posts)Gee, hmmm, I don't know how on earth he would have come to believe the Big Lie.
Peace
Botany
(70,559 posts)... officer with a fire extinguisher. Like he was unaware of the physical properties of fire extinguisher?
dchill
(38,517 posts)...attack it all you can! All bets are off!
dchill
(38,517 posts)Oh. You mean blatant, outlandish lies told by people with a reputation for doing just that.
underpants
(182,866 posts)ironflange
(7,781 posts)Seems like Trump-humpers are prone to this.
ZonkerHarris
(24,246 posts)groundloop
(11,521 posts)erronis
(15,326 posts)Initech
(100,098 posts)nowforever
(310 posts)That the person who inspired, formulated and commanded the violent assault on the Capital should receive more prison time then this cult follower. Wonder if they will serve Big Mac's and vanilla shakes behind bars.
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)Marius25
(3,213 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(1,336 posts)Count on it.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)and he was out in just over two years, because of overcrowding.
I wonder how much time this bastard will serve of a 4 year sentence.
Evolve Dammit
(16,754 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,148 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(1,336 posts)He'll have his own private cell and not be around the poor and destitute that are general pop.