Posted on 05/02/2022 9:36:48 AM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — A jury on Monday convicted a former New York City police officer for assaulting a D.C. police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Thomas Webster, a 56-year-old retired NYPD officer was found guilty of all six counts of assault and civil disorder. The jury began deliberating late on Friday evening and returned a verdict by Monday morning.
Webster tried to convince the jury that a D.C. police officer instigated a fight. His attorney said Webster showed "restraint," and Webster testified that he grabbed the officer's gas mask so that the officer could "see my hands." The D.C. officer testified that he struggled to breathe when Webster tackled him and ripped off his gas mask.
Justice Department prosecutors told jurors they should use common sense.
“Do you believe the defendant’s version of what happened that day?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian P. Kelly asked during closing arguments on Friday.
“This case is about Thomas Webster’s rage," Kelly said. Webster said that the D.C. officer instigated the attack "because he needs it to be true," Kelly said.
Webster is the fourth Jan. 6 defendant to face a jury trial and the first to be tried on assault charges. Dustin Thompson, Thomas Robertson and Guy Reffitt were all previously found guilty on all counts.
Nearly 800 defendants have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and more than 250 have pleaded guilty. The FBI has the identities of hundreds more Capitol rioters who haven't yet been arrested, and the Biden administration is seeking millions in additional resources to prosecute cases going forward.
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How in hell is a lightweight aluminum flagpole a “deadly weapon”?
Poor bastard. Never stood a chance in dc. My bet is he gets ten years, and linda and rubio will cheer.
800 arrests so far with 250 guilty pleas. Hundreds of additional arrests possible. Is there any estimate (though an exact number should be accessible from Capitol videotapes) of the number of people who entered the Capitol? How many people are estimated to have stepped onto Capitol grounds which, if I read some charging documents correctly, was a criminal offense. Congress surely knows how to write laws to protect themselves.
i could get the job done with a drum stick (wood not turkey)
it’s all about how the weapon is applied
Use our taxpayers money to arrest people there hanging out. How many of these protesters were antifa that was working people up. I bet the antifa members were never arrested. They are in charge of who gets arrested. The dems have used the antifa to destroy towns and cities businesses then used them likely as mules in the drop boxes and the Jan 6th event. We know the antifa don’t care about biden or Trump. One day they will turn on them. I bet they have info and evidence that would burn them down.
Was it okay to hit the police officer with a flagpole?
A point that several FReepers made prior to January 6. Several of those FReepers got mocked for warning people that there would be protestors that would not be what they seem.
“Attack” on the capitol? With no weapons?
No finding out who they really are? Leftists. Blame it on Trump-pretty smart.
Still nobody convicted of “insurrection”, hmmm
OUR SIDE OWNS THE GUNS THE COUNTRY.
IF CONSERVATIVES HAD WANTED TO ‘DO’ AN INSURRECTION CONSERVATIVES WOULD NOT CHOOSE ‘FLAGPOLES’ AS A WEAPONS OF CHOICE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE BRAIN WASHED THE COUNTY INTO ACCEPTING AN INSANE THEORY.
Don’t worry (wink).
When the pubbies control congress next year they’ll get to the bottom of the lawfare persecutions (wink), Ashley Babbit’s murderer (wink), and Nanzi Pelosi’s refusal to accept President Trump’s offer of National Guardsmen (wink).
Honest.
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