Seattle man who beat police officer with baseball bat in 2020 riot sentenced to prison

A person who struck a police officer within the head with a baseball bat throughout a riot on the streets of Seattle following the choice to cost one of many officers within the demise of Breonna Taylor was sentenced to jail on Friday.

Jacob Greenberg was sentenced to 5 years in jail for attacking Seattle police officer Jose Jimenez after being convicted of ambushing Jimenez from behind with a baseball bat in an assault that was caught on video in 2020, in keeping with KIRO 7.

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The impression of the bat put a crack via Jimenez’s helmet and court docket paperwork allege that Greenberg had additional intent to commit violence by plotting to burn down a police division utilizing Molotov cocktails.

Greenberg, who was 19 on the time the crime was dedicated, was convicted of first-degree tried arson, second-degree assault with a lethal weapon and second-degree reckless burning. His 60-month jail sentence shall be adopted by 18 months of neighborhood custody with the Division of Corrections.

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As for Greenberg’s sentencing and after negotiations, he was sentenced for first-degree tried arson, second-degree assault with a lethal weapon and second-degree reckless burning, which resulted in an “distinctive sentence” of 60 months adopted by 18 months of neighborhood custody with the Division of Corrections.

“My head virtually obtained taken off that evening,” Jimenez stated in court docket on the sentencing. “That impression that evening, I didn’t really feel the repercussions that I’m going to must reside via. I can’t even clarify how horrible it felt being on the East Precinct behind that line and simply experiencing all that hate.”

Seattle’s police chief says the wellness of officers ” is important to their means to supply the kind of police service the neighborhood expects”.

“I don’t understand how a lot worse my complications may get after I become old,” Jimenez added.

Greenberg, who’s the stepson of former Democrat Washington State Rep. Laura Ruderman, apologized at his sentencing. 

“I take full accountability of my actions and for that, I need to apologize to you, your honor, and this court docket,” Greenberg stated.