Jan. 6 rioter who beat, dragged police sees sentencing delayed again as footage emerges showing alleged separate attack

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Law & Crime

Mar 20th, 2024, 4:11 pm


A former CrossFit instructor turned rioter who beat and dragged police while telling them they were “gonna die tonight” on Jan. 6 will not be sentenced this week as planned after new video emerged allegedly showing him assaulting a different police officer defending the U.S. Capitol from a mob of former President Donald Trump‘s supporters.

Jack Wade Whitton, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to attacking police at the Capitol, admitting he used a metal crutch to beat one officer before kicking another and then dragging the one he assaulted with the crutch down a flight of steps. That same officer, a statement of offense shows, was beaten with a flagpole and baton by other rioters as Whitton dragged him. Court records show Whitton admitted to walking up to a line of police and kicking at them as someone screamed at him to stop but instead, he struck at police riot shields, continued kicking officers and vowed: “You’re gonna die tonight.”

The maximum possible sentence for the assault conviction was 20 years; prosecutors sought eight years. A review of the docket at the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia shows that Whitton was due for sentencing on Wednesday, but it has since been postponed to May 2. That is the second time that’s happened in recent months. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras had scheduled a December sentencing date for Whitton in November.

But that was moved to March and now, it’s been delayed again and without much public explanation provided by prosecutors. However, it was the delay that was granted on Tuesday March 19, the same day that NBC News reported on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that the internet sleuths known as Sedition Hunters turned up new video appearing to show a separate incident allegedly involving Whitton assaulting police — including dragging an officer by his foot.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/jan-6-rioter-who-beat-dragged-police-sees-sentencing-delayed-again-as-footage-emerges-showing-alleged-separate-attack/

[NBachers]

1. The max is 20 years; the prosecutors sought 8. I hate to be a broken record, but I want full time on these maggots.

The sentencing so far had been far below what the prosecutors asked for. This guy needs long, hard time.

[bahboo]

2. beat a regular policeman, and see what happens...

these sentences are a disgrace. Heavily doubt he'll get anywhere close to 20 years...

[Ligyron]

3. A disgrace is exactly what they are.

[quakerboy]

12. It all depends who you are

[niyad]

4. JFC, he was found guilty Sept 2022, and the fucking insurrectionist

thug is STILL free, unsentenced??? WTAF???

[rubbersole]

5. He might be squealing on his buddies to delay the inevitable.

He should be under the jail.

[Ohio Joe]

8. I'm not certain he is free...

From near the end of the article:

That online fundraising campaign, court records indicated in November, has since been “unpublished” online but visitors to the GiveSendGo link are now redirected to “send money to Whitton directly at the BOP facility at which he is housed.”

Joe again - They are talking about some online scam he was running here but it does say he is being housed by the BOP (bureau of prisons). I looked at some other articles but none said one way or the other.

[niyad]

9. Thank you for that information.

[COL Mustard]

6. Oh, the hostage?

I forget…was he FBI or Antifa?

[progressoid]

10. BOTH!

[Bluethroughu]

7. 20 years welcome to insurrection life.

[HandmaidsTaleUntold]

11. "Put Him Under The Jail"

That’s the phrase I keep reading everywhere on Twitter. People are definitely mad about this idiot.