Bouncer headed to prison for beating up cops on Jan. 6
Brett Alan Rotella

Brett Alan Rotella during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol (Department of Justice).

The individual, a 35-year-old man from North Carolina, has been given a sentence of over three years for his involvement in assaulting police officers and being part of the group that led the rioters during the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6.

Brett Alan Rotella, who is also known as Brett Ostrander, was convicted by a jury of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia said in a press release. U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss, appointed by President Barack Obama, sentenced Rotella to 38 months in prison, followed by three years probation along with a $2,000 fine. The FBI’s Statement of Facts affidavit said Rotella stood out from the crowd by wearing a red skull cap and a sleeveless, black puffy jacket showing his heavily tattooed arms while holding a pole with two flags on it.

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Rotella entered the West Plaza of the U.S. Capitol building shortly before 2:30 p.m. as Congress and then-Vice President Mike Pence were attempted to certify the 2020 Presidential election won by Joe Biden. He picked up a metal police barrier and threw it at a cop and yelled ‘f—in’ tear gas us, I didn’t do sh–.” He also yelled “we just want things to be right” and “something has to happen or we’re all f—ed.”

Minutes later Rotella led a group of rioters in chasing cops who were retreating up the southwest stairs from the West Plaza. Rotella would at times stop and call out “hold” while raising his fist stopping the rioters as they ran up the stairs. He then led revelers up the Inauguration stage. As cops fired rubber bullets at his feet, Rotella continued to walk their way.

Officers ran into the Capitol and shut two sets of doors in an attempt to keep the rioters at bay. But the Trump supporters busted through the first set of doors. They then smashed the glass on the second set of doors and Rotella reached inside and opened it, allowing one rioter to enter the building and start fighting with cops. Others, including Rotella, joined. He used his body weight to push against the police line, prosecutors wrote.

He yelled “you want to hit me?! I’ll f— you up, motherf—er!”

About an hour later after he was kicked out of the building, Rotella joined the mob in fighting cops outside the west tunnel. He yelled “heave ho” and counted to three in order to help synchronize attacks against officers. He also helped carry a ladder to the front of the line.

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