Georgia man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison

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May 2nd, 2024

This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department's sentencing memorandum for Jack Wade Whitton, shows Whitton at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Whitton, a Georgia business owner, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for striking an officer with a metal crutch and dragging him, head first and face down, into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace during the riot at the Capitol. (Department of Justice via AP)

 A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.

Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text message that he “fed him to the people.”

Roughly 20 minutes later, Whitton tried to pull a second officer into the crowd, prosecutors say. He also kicked at, threatened and threw a construction pylon at officers trying to hold off the mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.

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