Militia Leader Gets Four Years On Felony Riot Charges

The Associated Press reports:

A Michigan man described by prosecutors as a self-professed militia leader was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for attacking law enforcement officers with a stolen police baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Matthew Thomas Krol, 65, of Linden, Michigan, assaulted at least three officers, injuring one of them, with the baton that he took from police. A prosecutor said Krol was one of the worst instigators of violence that ultimately forced officers to retreat from the mob of rioters who stormed the Capitol’s West Plaza.

Videos captured Krol’s attacks on officers, including Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell. Krol swung the stolen police baton at Gonell and struck his outstretched right hand, leaving it bloody and swollen.

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#PapaGruntStick ARRESTED Matthew Thomas Krol https://t.co/MFEtXOCrQI pic.twitter.com/jKnhMHMAOa

— SeditionHunters (@SeditionHunters) February 23, 2022

Militia ‘officer’ charged with stealing baton and assaulting cops with it at Capitol riot

Matthew Thomas Krol, 63, of Linden, MI, was arrested Tuesday.
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— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) February 24, 2022

#ThreePercenters logo visible on brim of #PapaGruntStick’s 🧢while he was assaulting an officer on the Capitol grounds on 1/6/21. #291AFO pic.twitter.com/aotAQf7GIn

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#PapaGruntStick pic.twitter.com/LRxDLfYjU8

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