Former US Air Force officer given two years for Capitol attack

Judge Bates convicted Brock in November after a trial without a jury. The judge said Brock expressed “very troubling” and violent rhetoric before the January 6 riot.

Larry Brock, the retired Air Force officer who stormed the US Capitol dressed in combat gear, was sentenced to two years in prison (Grapevine Texas Police Department via AP/PA)

A retired Air Force officer who stormed the US Capitol dressed in combat gear and carried zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Larry Brock joined other rioters on the Senate floor only minutes after then-vice president Mike Pence, senators and their staff evacuated the chamber to escape the mob attacking the building on January 6, 2021.