Arkansas man gets four-year term for beating Capitol officer with flagpole

Peter Francis Stager, 44, also stood over and hurled profanities at an injured policeman during the violent insurrection on January 6

An Arkansas truck driver who beat a police officer with a flagpole attached to an American flag during the US Capitol riot was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison.

Peter Francis Stager struck the Metropolitan police department officer with his flagpole at least three times as other rioters pulled the officer, head first, into the crowd outside the Capitol on 6 January 2021. The bruised officer was among more than 100 police officers injured during the riot.