Widow of Jan. 6 officer testifies at rioter's sentencing: "My husband died protecting democracy"

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Source: CBS News

October 17, 2024 / 7:03 PM EDT


The widow of a Washington, D.C., police officer who died by suicide in the days after January 6, 2021, asked a judge on Thursday for a stiff sentence against a rioter who harassed her husband amid the mob at the U.S. Capitol.

Erin Smith, whose husband Jeff Smith suffered a traumatic brain injury and a fracture while repelling the rioters, said Dana Bell, 66, contributed to her husband's attack. "Because of Dana Bell, (my husband) didn't get the chance to keep serving as a police officer," Smith said. "At 35, instead of becoming a mother, I became a widow."

The dramatic testimony came as a federal judge sentenced Bell to 17 months in prison for her role in the U.S. Capitol siege. Bell pleaded guilty to assaulting and resisting police. Bell, a Texas woman who had no prior criminal history, was accused of grabbing at a police baton and accosting an officer as they tried to clear the mob from near the House Speaker's Lobby while members of Congress attempted to escape.

A Justice Department prosecutor said the footage recovered from Jeff Smith's body camera captured images of Bell confronting Jeff Smith. The prosecutor said Bell can be heard telling Jeff Smith "Get a real job. ... No one supports you." In the footage, some of which was shown during Bell's sentencing hearing Thursday, she was seen physically struggling with Jeff Smith as police attempted to clear away the crowd. Erin Smith told the judge, "My husband died protecting democracy itself."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erin-smith-january-6-widow-jeff-smith-testifies-sentencing-dana-bell/

[Marthe48]

1. The criminal said --No one supports you to a cop who later died

If there were levels of prisons as there are levels of hell, she should go to the lowest.

bell is a perfect example of who suports traitor. I know people who will vote for traitor, and I can't believe that the people I know are willing to be associated with lowlifes like bell.

[bottomofthehill]

2. And Erin Smith is right. Her husband died protecting Democraxy!

MPD Officer Eric Smith reported to the Capitol to save Democracy on 1/6. Democraxy was saved by brave Local, State and Federal law Enforcement. Police departments from as far away as New Jersey deployed to defend democracy. The National Guard, 22 blocks away left is out to hang.

Reminder, it was the police who saved democracy.

[Gary 50]

3. Seventeen months?

Should have been seventeen years.

[AllyCat]

4. That's it??? Absolutely does not fit the crime.

[C0RI0LANUS]

5. Here's what the jack-ass looks like and why she got a light sentence.

(Photo: FBI)

The 65-year-old miscreant grabbed an officer's baton after forcing her way into the US Capitol building with a mob of Trump militants on 6 Jan 2021.The FBI testified this imbecile was also seen on video assaulting two members of the media on 6 Jan. And sadly, this insurrectionist made a widow of someone.


USDJ Timothy J. Kelly, a Chris Christie lookalike, is a Republican and Trump appointee.

Links:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-woman-sentenced-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dana-jean-bell-u-s-capitol-riot

[Clouds Passing]

6. Jeff

[republianmushroom]

7. And very few of those allies that helped the convicted felon

perpetrate this insurrection have even been arrest. Many sit in congress and the senate.
44 months and counting

[slightlv]

8. You keep on counting....

I watch for your posts, honestly! But I figure it's got as much a chance as my overriding desire for a Truth and Reconciliation tribunal.

[Bengus81]

9. Oh my....17 whole months for assaulting an officer and trying to overthrow the Country

Like most of these sentences....TOTAL BS!!