Ex-NYPD officer who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record 10-year sentence

[Rogue Valley]

Ex-NYPD officer who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record 10-year sentence

Thomas Webster, a retired New York City officer, was convicted of several felonies for attacking a Washington officer with a flagpole and tackling him to the ground on Jan. 6.

www.nbcnews.com

9.1.22
WASHINGTON — A retired New York City police officer who was convicted of several felonies for attacking a Washington police officer with a flagpole on Jan. 6, tackling the officer to the ground and trying to rip off his gas mask was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday. Thomas Webster was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta to the longest sentence yet in a case related to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Jurors convicted Webster, 56, in May after they determined he was lying on the stand when he tried to convince them he was trying to help the officer he assaulted to "see my hands" when he grabbed the officer's gas mask after he tackled him to the ground.

No one should be “gleeful” that Webster was facing 17.5 years in federal prison, Mehta said Thursday. "What you did that day, it is hard to really put into words," Mehta told Webster. "I still remain shocked every single time I see" video of the attack. Mehta said that Webster was "the first aggressor" in his confrontation with the Washington police officer and that "all hell broke loose" when Webster showed up at that part of the police line. Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Arin Levenson Mirell told the judge: "Nothing can explain or justify Mr. Webster's rage. Webster is one of the rioters who should have known better. “No one knows better than a former cop how dangerous it was on Jan. 6,” Mirell said, adding that Webster's service made his behavior “particularly heinous.”

He should be made to serve every hour of his 10 year sentence.

 

[Threegoofs]

And Trump pledges to pardon him when he’s re-elected.

Amazing that no GOP politician has mentioned that.

 

[bongsaway]

And Trump pledges to pardon him when he’s re-elected.

Amazing that no GOP politician has mentioned that.

These are the folks the trumpsters hold up as patriots and did I mention they aren't violent.

 

[gboisjo]

Finally, one of these pieces of shit gets some decent time.

 

[mrjurrs]

Ex-NYPD officer who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record 10-year sentence

Thomas Webster, a retired New York City officer, was convicted of several felonies for attacking a Washington officer with a flagpole and tackling him to the ground on Jan. 6.

www.nbcnews.com

He should be made to serve every hour of his 10 year sentence.

Or he can wait for djt to pardon him if he is reelected.

 

[Fearandloathing]

Ex-NYPD officer who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record 10-year sentence

Thomas Webster, a retired New York City officer, was convicted of several felonies for attacking a Washington officer with a flagpole and tackling him to the ground on Jan. 6.

www.nbcnews.com

He should be made to serve every hour of his 10 year sentence.

With time off for 'good behavior' he will serve maybe four. But his anatomy will be very, very different. His ass hole will be big enough to drive a semi through.

An ex-cop in prison for assaulting a police officer doesn't have any friends even if they disliked DC cops.