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J-6 Defendant, Family & Friends Display their White Supremacist Vibes at Sentencing
You are one of the most serious January 6 offenders in my caseload, and you were personally involved in and instrumental to one of the most horrific attacks on officers in this building. I have seldom in my years on the bench been presented with anything like this.
— Judge Amy Berman Jackson, US District Court, Washington, Dee Cee, September 27, 2022
Federal District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson finally lowered the legal boom on Kyle Young for his leading role in the January 6, 2021 siege and attempted coup d’etat against the US Capitol Building specifically — and the US government generally. The judge described Young’s actions as those of a “human wrecking ball,” even as she acknowledged and accepted his admission of guilt for aiding in the assault of a Metropolitan Dee Cee police officer. That single guilty plea was only arrived at after extensive plea bargaining down from twelve original charges. And so, therefore, as something of a saving grace, Judge Jackson allowed Young credit for the seventeen months he has already spent in the downtown Dee Cee lockup since his arrest.
Still, she sentenced him to eighty-six months (seven years) in the Big House, meaning he likely will serve not quite six years because there is no time off for good behavior and…
