“Most Vicious” Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 20 Years

Washington DC’s ABC affiliate reports:

A federal judge sentenced a California man who launched one of the most vicious, prolonged assaults on police on Jan. 6 to 20 years in prison Friday — handing down the second-longest Capitol riot sentence to date.

In a sentencing memo filed last week, prosecutors said David Nicholas Dempsey, a former construction worker from Van Nuys, assaulted police for more than an hour as they were attempting to prevent a violent mob from entering the U.S. Capitol through the Lower West Terrace Tunnel.

“Dempsey began a prolonged attack, fighting with his hands, feet, flag poles, crutches, pepper spray, broken pieces of furniture, and anything else he could get his hands on, as weapons against the police. Dempsey’s violence reached such extremes that, at one point, he attacked a fellow rioter who was trying to disarm him.”

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Here are, according to my records, all of the Jan. 6 defendants to date who’ve received 10 or more years in prison.

David Nicholas Dempsey unseated Stewart Rhodes and Ethan Nordean today to take the #2 spot overall, behind only Enrique Tarrio. https://t.co/SI7UtaCbw0 pic.twitter.com/tBM5KsiVnn

— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) August 9, 2024

BREAKING: David Dempsey will serve 20 years for beating and pepper spraying police officers to breach the Capitol on Jan 6.

Three months earlier, the Los Angeles District Attorney failed to charge David Dempsey for a similar assault in Beverly Hills.
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— Kate Cagle (@KateCagle) August 9, 2024

BREAKING

David Dempsey, who assaulted police officers during the Capitol riot was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison by a Reagan-appointed federal judge.

LAW & ORDER! pic.twitter.com/Z0VjEPbwBY

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 9, 2024