A Proud Boys member who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday after he told the judge “you could give me 100 years.”
Marc Bru , 44, was found guilty in October of two felonies, including obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, and five misdemeanor charges. The judge said Bru showed no signs of remorse, CBS affiliate WUSA reported.
“You could give me 100 years and I would still do it all over again,” the defendant said defiantly in court.
Prosecutors had asked for Bru to be sentenced to more than seven years behind bars. They said he was “amongst the least remorseful January 6 defendants.”
On the day of the Jan. 6 riot, Bru was one of the first people to breach the restricted perimeter on the west side of the Capitol grounds, according to the Department of Justice. He spent hours harassing U.S. Capitol police officers. During the riot, officers tried to use bicycle rack barricades to push rioters back. Bru charged, grabbed a barricade and used his body weight to stop police from moving it forward. He later entered the Capitol building, taking several selfies inside.