District of Columbia Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A District of Columbia man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Mark K. Ponder, 56, was sentenced in the District of Columbia.
According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Ponder assaulted three police officers in a series of incidents in the western portion of the Capitol grounds.
At approximately 2:31 p.m. on Jan. 6, after rioters overwhelmed police lines in the West Plaza, Ponder ran out from the crowd and swung a long, thin pole at a U.S. Capitol Police officer. The officer protected himself by raising his riot shield above his head. Ponder’s pole struck the riot shield and broke in two, with part of the pole flying off to the side. Ponder then retreated into the crowd. Moments later, he re-armed himself with a new, thicker pole that was colored with red, white, and blue stripes. At approximately 2:32 p.m., he ran toward a second U.S. Capitol Police officer who also was able to block the pole with his riot shield. Then at 2:48 p.m., Ponder joined a crowd of rioters that faced off against a line of officers with the Metropolitan Police Department in the Upper West Terrace. He swung the same striped pole and banged it against the ground in a menacing manner. Then, as the police officers advanced to move the crowd, Ponder wildly swung the pole at the advancing police line, striking an officer in the left shoulder.
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“He also told officers detaining him that ‘When our country is being attacked with, like we are, we have a right to fight… that is what the Second Amendment was built on,'” the statement of Ponder’s offense reads.
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A District of Columbia man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Mark K. Ponder, 56, was sentenced in the District of Columbia.
According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Ponder assaulted three police officers in a series of incidents in the western portion of the Capitol grounds.
At approximately 2:31 p.m. on Jan. 6, after rioters overwhelmed police lines in the West Plaza, Ponder ran out from the crowd and swung a long, thin pole at a U.S. Capitol Police officer. The officer protected himself by raising his riot shield above his head. Ponder’s pole struck the riot shield and broke in two, with part of the pole flying off to the side. Ponder then retreated into the crowd. Moments later, he re-armed himself with a new, thicker pole that was colored with red, white, and blue stripes. At approximately 2:32 p.m., he ran toward a second U.S. Capitol Police officer who also was able to block the pole with his riot shield. Then at 2:48 p.m., Ponder joined a crowd of rioters that faced off against a line of officers with the Metropolitan Police Department in the Upper West Terrace. He swung the same striped pole and banged it against the ground in a menacing manner. Then, as the police officers advanced to move the crowd, Ponder wildly swung the pole at the advancing police line, striking an officer in the left shoulder.
District of Columbia Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON – A District of Columbia man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of...
“He also told officers detaining him that ‘When our country is being attacked with, like we are, we have a right to fight… that is what the Second Amendment was built on,'” the statement of Ponder’s offense reads.
D.C. Resident Receives More Than Five Years in Prison for 'Wildly' Assaulting Three Police Officers with Poles on Jan. 6
A D.C. man who hit three police officers with poles during a Jan. 6-related melee received a stiff sentence of more than five years in prison on Tuesday.
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Life comes at coons fast.
