New bodycam video shows ex-NYPD cop wielding a flag pole and tackling a police officer during the Ca

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Business Insider

New bodycam video shows ex-NYPD cop wielding a flag pole and tackling a police officer during the Capitol riot
Kelsey Vlamis 8 minutes ago

New body-camera footage released Thursday shows a former member of the New York City Police Department attacking a police officer in Washington, DC, during the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

The footage, obtained by CNN, shows Thomas Webster wielding a flag pole while assaulting police, eventually charging at and tackling an officer to the ground. Webster is a retired NYPD police officer and a former Marine.

He was charged in February with multiple counts, including using a flag pole to assault a police officer, Insider's Charles Davis reported. The video captures what was described in the criminal complaint. It shows Webster, who is wearing a red jacket, berating an officer and calling them a "piece of shit" and a "commie."

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Webster can then be seen aggressively pushing against the barricade and swinging the metal flag pole as police struggle to keep him and others back. The officer is able to wrestle the flag pole away from him, at which point Webster can be seen charging at the officer and tackling him to the ground.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/video-ex-cop-flag-pole-tackling-police-at-capitol-riot-2021-6

[bottomofthehill]

1. He is garbage, an oath breaker who assaulted a fellow law enforcement member.

May he rot in jail for a long, long time. Disgrace to the United States Marine Corps, disgrace to his police department, disgrace to the United States, liar, oath breaker, piece of garbage.

[Grins]

2. Arrest him. Prison. Take his pension, too.

If he is this stupid now, imagine how stupid (and dangerous) he was on the job.

[joetheman]

5. Taking the pension from a few of these pervs will go a long way to making others think about

another insurrection and the consequences. If there are no hard consequences, we can expect this to continue. Since most of these insurrectionists were economically comfortable white cowards, taking away their comfort blanket and some of their privileges will go a long way in preventing more of the same.

Most of them felt as though there would be no consequences and that Trump would protect their asses.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Is he the one who tried to gouge out a cop's eyes?

[dalton99a]

4. Yes.

[ck4829]

6. Disgusting.

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