Tyler Dykes, 26, who said at sentencing he is supporting Trump to be president, pleaded guilty to assault charges
A Marine who stormed the US Capitol and apparently flashed a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced on Friday to nearly five years in prison.
Tyler Bradley Dykes, of South Carolina, was an active-duty US marine when he grabbed a police riot shield from the hands of two police officers and used it to push his way through police lines during the attack by a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters on 6 January 2021.
Dykes, who pleaded guilty in April to assault charges, was previously convicted of a crime stemming from the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dykes was transferred to federal custody in 2023 after he served a six-month sentence in a state prison.
US district judge Beryl Howell sentenced Dykes, 26, to four years and nine months of imprisonment, the justice department said.
I hate Trump just as much as probably you do. I think this was just an honest, putting his hand up to effectively say I’m here. I’m safe. I’m fine. I don’t think we should read into that exact one. Trust me there’s plenty more we can look at of what he’s done wrong.
Ok fair enough, just thought it was strangely straight for an “I’m ok folks” wave.