Mom who took her child into Capitol during riot gets prison

[RandySF]

A North Carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the U.S. Capitol during last year’s riot was sentenced Friday to three months imprisonment.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she finds it “very hard to comprehend” why Virginia Marie Spencer and her husband took their child into the building during a violent insurrection. Spencer’s husband, Christopher Raphael Spencer, also was arrested. He has pleaded not guilty to riot-related charges.

“It must have been a traumatic experience to witness this kind of violence,” the judge said. “It’s a complete lack of judgment on your part.”

Spencer must report to prison to begin serving her 90-day sentence by Feb. 25. The judge also sentenced her to three years of probation.

Spencer and her husband pressed forward toward the Capitol building with their 14-year-old son “in tow” despite seeing police shooting tear gas on the crowd, a federal prosecutor wrote in a court filing. The Spencers joined other rioters who overwhelmed a line of police officers, invaded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite and demanded entry to the House chamber, the filing says.





https://apnews.com/article/prisons-north-carolina-election-2020-fa46aafd4bc5a37c5174e25d2941c517

[634-5789]

1. 90 days? Should be 9 years. She's a traitor.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Most of them are getting a slap on the wrist.

At least it's something.

[LoisB]

3. How about tacking on some felony child endangerment charges?

[lagomorph777]

4. Yes, please.

Holy moly.

[Celerity]

5. too short of a sentence for this trash

[madville]

6. What minimum security resort does she report to?

Does she get issued a yoga mat there or have to bring her own?

[Bev54]

7. I had not heard of this before. Did they lose custody of their child?