Speaking on CNN’s Don Lemon tonight after Kyle Young’s sentencing on Tuesday, Michael Fanone recounted how he was insulted by the rioter’s mother as he left court. “I think it’s important for the American people to understand that many of the family members and the defendants in these cases are expressing degrees of remorse in order to hopefully gain some leniency from the sentencing judge, as was done in this case.” Mr. Fanone, who is no longer with the department, said. “Mr Yang expressed a degree of remorse. His mother stood up and tried to apologize to me in the courtroom and later, as I was leaving the courthouse, his mother and several other people sitting with her in the courtroom called me a “piece of s***” again. Young, 38, was sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Young brought his 16-year-old son to Washington from Iowa and supplied the Taser used by another rioter to electrocute Mr. Fanone, who suffered a heart attack and traumatic brain injury as a result of the attack. (Getty Images) In his victim impact statement, Mr Fanone, who worked for the Metropolitan Police for 20 years before resigning in 2021, said he hoped Young would suffer in prison. “Mr. Young’s attack on me cost me my career, cost me my faith in law enforcement and many of the institutions that I have dedicated two decades of my life to serve,” Fanone told the court. . He later told Mr Lemon on air that as he was returning from the podium, a person sitting with other relatives of Young stood up and called him a ‘piece of s***’. The man was removed from court by US Marshals. But the verbal attacks continued after Mr Fanone left the courtroom. He said he does not believe Young has any remorse and that he apologized to gain empathy from the judge. (United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa) Fanone choked back tears during his appearance on CNN, saying the attacks by Young’s family were not an isolated incident. “[Sometimes] I’m trying to focus on being a parent and I’m getting calls and texts from people expressing that they want me dead, that they hope I rot in hell,” Mr Fanone said. In the wake of the attack on Capitol Hill, Mr. Fanone, now a law enforcement analyst for CNN, became an outspoken critic of the mob that tried to block Congress from convening to certify electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. He has appeared on television and before the House Select Committee on January 6 to denounce the rebellion. The youth pleaded guilty in May to assault, resisting or obstructing officers. While on the lower west porch of the Capitol, Young held a strobe light, pushed forward a stick-like object and helped toss a large loudspeaker toward the police line. He then held Mr Fanone’s left wrist and hand as he tasered him. In an article for CNN entitled What is my attacker worth on January 6, Mr. Fanone, who shouted “I have children!” as he tried to appeal to the emotions of the crowd, he said he had also been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
