Staff Sergeant Acalino-Gonell was one of many capital police officers who were brutally beaten by rioters during the insurrection on January the 6th.

Months afterward, Sergeant Gonell testified to the January 6th Committee, quote,

my fellow officers and I were punched, pushed, kicked, shoved,

sprayed with chemical irritants, and even blinded

with eye damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us law enforcement

officers dedicated to, ironically, protecting them as U.S. citizens as an impediment in their attempted insurrection.

I vividly heard officers screaming in agony and pain just as an arm's length from me.

I too was being crushed by the rioters. I could feel myself losing

oxygen and recall thinking to myself, this is how I'm going to die, trampled defending

this entrance, end quote. Because of the tram But in some ways, he's still reliving that day.

Just yesterday, former Sergeant Gonell had to testify during a sentencing hearing

for one of the Capitol Rioters who brutally attacked him on January the 6th.

Michael Mackerel from Wellington, Ohio pleaded guilty last year

to a felony for assaulting police officers.

According to court documents, Mackerel tackled multiple police officers and at one point wrapped his arm around the neck of a U.S. Capitol police officer and through the officer to the ground.

Yesterday, Michael Macroll was sentenced to 27 months in prison. He joins

over 1300 others who've been charged for their role in the violence and with

each passing day more perpetrators are being

arrested. Including a conservative influencer arrested this week she

allegedly helped steal a table from inside the Capitol that was then used to assault police on

January 6th. Last week another man was arrested for allegedly firing a pistol

into the air multiple times as the crowd around him surged.

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