CBS News’s Scott McFarlane is reporting that one of the convicted rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, is asking to postpone the start of his jail sentence until after the holidays because he wants to spend time with his family, Raw Story reports.

Anthony Mazzio, the aforementioned rioter, is also complaining that the prison where he is slated to be incarcerated at is too far a drive for his family, who live in Alabama.

“Forrest City, Arkansas, is at least 478 miles from Dothan, Alabama, and requires a car ride of seven hours and 25 minutes, or a bus ride of 16 hours and 15 minutes,” his counsel wrote in a statement to the court. “In addition, while all incarceration requires separation from family and poses a hardship, such distant incarceration will require Mr. Mazzio to be separated from his family on both Thanksgiving and Christmas of this year.”

The court filing also added:

“Mr. Mazzio therefore requests the Court to delay his surrender date until after January 1, 2023 and to instruct the Bureau of Prisons to designate a facility close to Dothan, Alabama for his incarceration.”

Jan 6 defendant Anthony Mazzio's defense files court motion seeking to delay the beginning of Mazzio's prison sentence until January 2023

Among the defense arguments: Mazzio would otherwise miss Thanksgiving and Christmas with family pic.twitter.com/iVQbMzfs98

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) October 31, 2022

Isn’t that just adorable? Here’s a suggestion for Mazzio and his fellow rioters: Don’t want to spend the holidays behind bars? How about not breaking the law, to begin with?

Someone, please tell me what makes Mazzio and his fellow mobsters more special than the thousands of other inmates who’ll spend their holidays behind bars.

Mazzio, along with a huge crowd of others, entered the Capitol. He carried a Trump flag, wore a tactical vest and a gas mask, and as the chaos wore on, he spoke to a British news outlet that was covering the riot in real-time.

“We are tired of waiting for people that have been prominent, honestly Hillary Clinton is going to go to jail,” Mazzio said. “For over four years now, we know that she did criminal activity by destroying evidence that was subpoenaed. She has not been held accountable and we don’t expect anyone to be held accountable either. It’s time to take a stand.”

Fortunately, a neighbor watched that clip, recognized him, and turned him in. He was subsequently arrested and charged.

Nearly 930 people have been charged in connection with the failed insurrection so far, on offenses that range from unlawful picketing to trespassing and assaulting police officers. In some cases, the higher-ups of radical paramilitary groups that participated in organizing the more violent aspects of the insurrection, like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy, Insider reports.

The people who stormed the Capitol in an attack that turned deadly don’t deserve special privileges. Sorry if that’s an inconvenience for Mazzio and his family but there are people who died during this attempted siege who would like to spend time with their families if they were able to.

I’m short on sympathy for those who took part in this terrible day.