Law & Crime reports:
Two days after participating in the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, rioter Joshua Matthew Black logged onto YouTube under the persona “LetUs Talk” and told his viewers that the “spirit of God” compelled him to enter the Senate. “We just wanted to get inside the building,” Black commented in the video. “I just wanted to get inside the building so I could plead the blood of Jesus over it. That was my goal.”
After being convicted on a felony and multiple misdemeanor counts supported by such pronouncements, a federal judge ordered the 46-year-old Alabama man on Tuesday to report to prison for nearly two years. The 22-month sentence follows a pattern of Jan. 6th rioters snared by their own social media boasting, including on YouTube, Facebook, and even dating apps.
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Jan. 6 rioter who bragged that ‘spirit of God’ compelled him into Senate with knife ordered to prison
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— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 16, 2023
Joshua Matthew Black, of Leeds, was sentenced this week to nearly two years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and invading the Senate floor with a knife on his hip and a gaping wound on his face. https://t.co/f3ZlbpJY6w
— AL.com (@aldotcom) May 17, 2023
Here’s a picture of the Capitol Police who shot Joshua Matthew Black in the cheek with a rubber bullet FOR NO REASON at 1:07 PM on #January6 right after a man on a megaphone implored “Please do not fire on us! We don’t mean you any harm.” pic.twitter.com/sDjJVueMq0
— Pam Hemphill aka MAGAGranny (@PamHemphill79) January 11, 2023