Robert Scott Palmer, a Florida man who attacked police during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021 has been sentenced to weekends in jail for a year. This means he will serve his sentence intermittently, being confined in jail from Friday evening through Sunday evening every weekend for 52 weeks.
Palmer pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon, and committing an act of violence on Capitol grounds. The particular conditions of the sentence aim