The Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick has been sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Washington – A man who assaulted United States Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Friday to 80 months behind bars.

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Julien Khater pleaded guilty in September to two counts of assaulting officers and resisting or impeding them with a dangerous weapon. The defendant, George Tanios, pleaded guilty last summer to disorderly conduct and entering and staying in a prohibited building.

The day after the attack, Sicknick died after suffering multiple strokes. Washington, D.C.’s chief medical examiner, Francisco Diaz, determined the officer died of natural causes and told The Washington Post that the riot and “everything that happened played a role in his condition.”

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Per his plea agreements, Tanios purchased two cans of bear spray in preparation for his trip with Khater to Washington on January 6, 2021. During the Capitol attack, when the two men arrived near a line of police officers at the steps of the Capitol. And he said to Lanius: Give me what you bear, according to the petition.

Taking a white canister of bear spray from Tanios’ backpack, Khater walked to the line of officers, and as the rioters began to pull the bicycle barrier separating them from the police, Khater sprayed several officers—including Sicknick—who had to retreat from the line.

After recovering from the bear spray attack, Sicknick continued to help protect the Capitol that day, according to court documents, and remained on duty until late in the evening.

“Shortly before 10 p.m., Officer Sicknick began giving his speech while talking to fellow officers,” the court documents say. “He fell backwards and passed out, and emergency medical technicians were called to assist. He was taken to George Washington University Hospital where he was on life support for about 24 hours and was pronounced dead at 8:51 pm the next day.”

Sicknick’s partner, Sandra Garza, asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence on both men.

“I realize it will not bring Brian back, nor will it give him peace in his last moments on earth, but it will give some sense of justice in my being,” Garza wrote to the judge.

“The only thing that outweighs my anger is my grief,” Sicknick’s brother Kenneth wrote in his statement to the judge. “The sadness is that the only time I can connect with Brian is to talk into nothingness and hope he’s listening.”

Kenneth continued, “Brian was never in the limelight. He preferred to do his job, not draw attention to himself. My family and I smile softly at each other when we attend an event honoring Brian and remember him and the weather turns sour. We know Brian is telling us it’s okay, it’s okay.” Please don’t make too much about me, take care of others who need it. That’s what he would do.”

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