Megaphone-wielding Jan. 6 rioter who shoved a cop and called officers 'pieces of s---' is going to prison

Source: Law & Crime

Nov 16th, 2024, 11:40 am


A megaphone-wielding 28-year-old Missouri man who shoved a cop during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and later bragged about his actions that day is going to prison.

Kyler Joseph Bard was sentenced on Friday to just over a year imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta, a Barack Obama appointee. Bard is set to report to prison on Jan. 15, days before Donald Trump takes office. The judge told the defendant he didn’t think he had “evil in your heart,” but he needed to be held accountable for his actions, The Kansas City Star reported.

“We, as a country, do need to heal,” Mehta said. “I don’t think it’s simply up to the victims. They do have a say, but there’s a role for the courts and the justice system to play.” Bard apologized, the newspaper reported. “There is no doubt that on January 6, 2021, I made the worst mistake of my life,” he said through tears. “My wife is probably the sole reason that I am a changed man today.”

He pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting officers, civil disorder, trespassing and disorderly conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release.

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