Florida Man Gets 5-Year Sentence for Assaulting Officer During Jan. 6 Breach

A protester hands off two stolen crutches outside the Lower West Terrace tunnel at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Special to The Epoch Times

A Florida man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Friday for assaulting a police officer during the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

Mason Joel Courson, 27, from Tamarac, Florida, received a 57-month imprisonment term after pleading guilty in November 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.