The man who marched around the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, waving a Confederate battle flag that he also used to threaten a Black police officer was sentenced Thursday to three years behind bars.

Kevin Seefried, 53, teared up before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in a Washington, D.C., courtroom. The judge told him that bringing the flag into one of our nations most sacred halls was outrageous.

I never wanted to send a message of hate, Seefried told the judge, according to The Associated Press .

The Delaware man breached the Capitol alongside his son, Hunter Seefried, who was sentenced in October to two years in prison. Both had been found guilty last June of charges including obstruction of an official proceeding.

Photographs of the elder Seefried with his flag shocked many Americans in the aftermath of the attack on Congress the pro-slavery symbol had never been openly flown in the Capitol in the nations history.