PBS NewsHour reports:
A Maryland man who waved a Confederate flag attached to a lacrosse stick during the siege at the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on Tuesday to interfering with a police officer who was trying to disperse a crowd of rioters.
David Blair, 27, faces a maximum prison sentence of five years after pleading guilty to a felony charge of obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder. Estimated sentencing guidelines in Blair’s case recommend a term of imprisonment ranging from eight to 14 months.
Blair was charged with assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer. Wearing a skull-themed face mask, Blair profanely taunted the officer and struck him with a wooden lacrosse stick adorned with a Confederate battle flag, prosecutors said.
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David Blair, 27, faces a maximum prison sentence of five years after pleading guilty to a felony charge of obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder. https://t.co/HJt7SfM18R
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 29, 2022
Inbox: 27 yr old Maryland man who put a Confederate flag on a lacrosse stick pleaded guilty to federal felony charge related to the attack on the Capitol Jan 6. 2021.
David Blair, from Montgomery Co. thrust the stick at the chest of a police officer in the crowd pic.twitter.com/L05JEZKe3T— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) March 29, 2022