An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting police officers during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Curtis Logan Tate, 32, admitted to using a metal baton, a lamp, and other makeshift weapons to attack officers who were protecting the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
Tate struck at least two officers with the baton, hitting one in the hand and repeatedly hitting another on the helmet. He also threw various objects, including a broken table leg, a floor lamp, a speaker box, and a shoe, at officers guarding a tunnel entrance on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace. One officer's arm was struck, and a window was damaged when Tate threw the speaker box.
He pleaded guilty to three felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding police using a deadly or dangerous weapon. Tate is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9, with guidelines suggesting a term of imprisonment ranging from five years and three months to six years and six months.
Tate, who resided in Jeffersonville, Indiana, near Louisville, Kentucky, traveled to Washington, D.C., with a friend to attend then-President Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally. He was arrested in August 2023 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and has been ordered to remain jailed until his case is resolved.
Despite initially denying the assault in an interview with USA Today, Tate was identified by online sleuths and subsequently arrested. More than 1,300 individuals have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot, with over 750 pleading guilty and nearly 200 convicted after trials. Approximately 800 individuals have been sentenced, with the majority receiving prison terms ranging from a few days to 22 years.
