Capitol Police officer testifies at sentencing of January 6 rioter who attacked him

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02:59 - Source: CNN Capitol police offer breaks down and says he's overcome with guilt CNN — US Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell testified Friday during the sentencing of a January 6 rioter who attacked him that day, recounting the assault, the injuries he suffered from the riot, and telling the judge he felt the rioter, Duke Wilson, would do it again.
US District Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Wilson, 68, to 51 months behind bars for assaulting police officers during one of the most violent battles between rioters and police officers that day.
“He used his fists, and viciously threw several punches and used his body to push through the police line as well,” Gonell said, adding that he felt Wilson would do the same thing again if given the chance.
“I made a very bad decision going into that place that day,” Wilson told the court, adding that he did not remember attacking the officers and that he had been hit in the tunnel.