20-year-sentence handed down to U.S. Capitol rioter David Nicholas Dempsey

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

20-year-sentence handed down to U.S. Capitol rioter David Nicholas Dempsey
FBI and ATF law enforcement officers work to push out rioters from the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.