Prosecutors sought 17.5 years in prison for Webster, but the court decided to award him 10 years in prison along with three years of supervision by law enforcement officials.
The Washington District Court sentenced former NYPD officer Thomas Webster to 10 years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, the heaviest sentence handed down in the case to date. AP reports.
As the court found, Webster arrived in Washington from New York on the eve of January 6 to take part in the event of the 45th US President Donald Trump against the “nigged” election. With him, the former policeman carried the flag of the naval forces corps on a metal flagpole.
Already at the Capitol, Webster, in a fit of abuse, threw metal bicycle racks at police officer Noah Rathben, and after Rathben hit him in the face, he tried to impale the law enforcement officer with a flagpole. law After this, Rathben knocked Webster to the ground and disarmed him.
During the trial, the former police officer from New York said he wanted to submit a “petition to review” the results of the 2020 US presidential election to Congressional lawmakers, but said he would not interfere in the body’s work.
At first, Webster said he only acted in self-defense and didn’t want to hurt anyone, but after video from Rathben’s chest camera was shown in court, he admitted his guilt and apologized.
Prosecutors sought 17.5 years in prison for Webster, but the court decided to award him 10 years in prison along with three years of supervision by law enforcement officials. To date, this is the largest sentence for participation in the events of January 6: the previous maximum sentence was seven years and three months.
As you know, on January 6, thousands of Donald Trump fans entered the Capitol building, where at that time the results of the US presidential election were approved. As a result, five people died, including a police officer, and hundreds were prosecuted. Courts have already issued sentences against around 250 participants in the attack.
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