NYPD cop who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years

[swag]

Source: Washington Post

By Tom Jackman
September 1, 2022 at 4:24 p.m. EDT

A former New York City police officer and Marine Corps veteran, who swung a flagpole at police before tackling one officer and yanking his gas mask off during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday, the longest sentence handed down so far among the more than 860 people charged in the insurrection.

Thomas Webster, 56, of Goshen, N.Y., was the first riot defendant facing the felony charge of assaulting an officer to try his luck with a jury. Twelve others have pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Webster took the witness stand at his trial and testified that he was acting in self-defense, saying D.C. police officer Noah Rathbun had instigated the fight.

Video showed Webster yelling at police on the Lower West Plaza of the Capitol, as officers struggled to maintain a perimeter outside the building. Rathbun then pushed Webster in the face — Rathbun testified his hand slipped off Webster’s shoulder — before Webster swung and smashed a Marine Corps flagpole on a bike rack and then tackled Rathbun. Webster pulled the officer’s gas mask off, causing Rathbun to begin choking on tear gas, the officer testified.

The jury took three hours before finding Webster guilty in May of the assault and four other felony charges.

Read more: https://wapo.st/3TB4Cwv

[hibbing]

1. Nice retirement buddy!

Not sure what the pension is for a retired NYC officer, but I am sure one is not scraping by.

On Edit: Once again, all for THAT guy, I'll never in my life understand it.

Peace

[RocRizzo55]

4. Pension for a NYC police office

Probably around 100K, since they all try to get as much overtime as possible in their final years to make their final 3 years' salary huge. That's what I believe the NY State pension is based on. I am sure that NYC is very similar.

[Jim__]

15. You're probably right about his pension. So why is this guy in such a rage:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=916

[Higherarky]

23. He's a rage-a-holic.

It's how he gets his jollies. Probably to make up for his many insufficiencies.

Lock him up.

[gopiscrap]

43. almost all cops are like that

[PSPS]

52. 'roids

[RocRizzo55]

55. Absolutely.

Even though they get drug tested, they still use ‘roids, and nothing ever happens to them.
Oh well, #ACAB

[Gary 50]

2. If this treasonous POS deserves ten years....

what does the guy who sent him and all of the rest of them deserve?

[moonshinegnomie]

27. the needle

an im normally anti death penalty

[perfessor]

3. He sure found out didn't he.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Fucking moron

[Trueblue1968]

6. HARD LABOR, FULL 10 YEARS IN ALL TYPES OF LABOR. No time off.

[bottomofthehill]

7. He is lucky I was not the Judge.

He would get the full ride. He is a cop who led the attack on other cops. Fuck him. Have fun in jail you monumental fucking asshole. Buy the ticket take the ride.

[bluedigger]

8. Too bad it won't be at Rikers.

Maybe the Feds and NYS can work something out.

[IronLionZion]

9. Backing the blue by assaulting the blue

sounds like a blue on blue crime

[Aristus]

10. So much for backing the blue.

He'll get ten long years to think about that one...

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

11. Enjoy the shitty food and your tiny cell, you fucking jerkoff!

Now get back to mopping those floors.

[Justice matters.]

30. And the other cellmates... knowing he's a "former" cop...

Oh well

[Botany]

12. Guess he will not be able to watch Fox or log onto some klan/QAnon web site in prison

I hope he gets "chatty" about who recruited him or paid his way to D.C.?

[ShazzieB]

16. I know who Ginni Thomas is, but who's in the pic below her?

She looks v-a-g-u-e-l-y familiar, but I can't place her.

I can't keep up these days. So many miscreants, so little time!

[billh58]

22. Found this...

https://www.earnthenecklace.com/who-is-rebekah-mercer-wiki-net-worth-facts-to-know/

[Botany]

35. Rebekah Mercer

She funded Cambrige Analytica to rat fuck the elections in 2016 and the J 6 coup too.

[brooklynite]

13. A year ago, people were complaining about "slaps on the wrist"

AG Garland and the DOJ are methodically working up the list. starting with the minor infractions and building to the serious felonies.

[gab13by13]

37. The guy sealed his own fate,

he freaking lied on the stand, he made up a story that was clearly rebutted by video evidence.

I am happy to see that the prosecutors were asking for 17 years, they definitely upped the ante for this guy.

The pyramid strategy was a mistake IMO because time is a factor in this enormous investigation. Former prosecutors have said the same thing. DOJ should have done an investigation like the J6 committee did, the wheel, with spokes and hub strategy. Follow the facts wherever they arise at whatever level.

I have serious doubts that Trump will ever be indicted for his role in the attempted coup. The classified documents situation is a no brainer to indict, whether to do so or not is the only question.

[brooklynite]

39. And that would have been worse...

It would still be time consuming to prepare an iron-clad case against a former President. Without interim prosecutions, I can imagine what the blogosphere would be doing.

[Mozeltov Cocktail]

14. What a f🦆king waste...

He was a marine, he was a police officer, he suffered medical consequences from 9/11...

That said, he was a total piece of shit during the trial, he never took responsibility for his actions, he claimed he pulled the gas mask off the officer to show "they were friends". He cried and sobbed in court today and apologized to the court. The officer he assaulted was there today, he did not apologize to him...

And as already pointed out here today, all because of TFG...jfc.

[ShazzieB]

17. Cried and sobbed?

Were those real tears, or the Kyle Rittenhouse kind?

[Mozeltov Cocktail]

24. Well, Kyle didn't get 10 years...

This guy's life is totally in ruins...and I don't like how happy that makes me, but it does. His tears are the icing on the cake.

I'm going to confession now...

[OnlinePoker]

51. This is his mugshot.

Looks like he had been crying there, or just had serious bags under his eyes.

[grantcart]

21. Apologize to the officer? He blamed him and called him a rogue cop

[Mozeltov Cocktail]

26. It demonstrates that he really has no remorse.

[DFW]

18. As a former cop, he had sworn to protect. As a marine, did he think Capitol Hill was San Juan Hill?

He violated every oath he had sworn to, and then tried to get out of it by lying his foul ass off.

He should be thankful he wasn't put away for the rest of his life. A former marine assaulting the Capitol building, damn. Who did he think was going pin a medal on him? Putin? Robert E, Lee?

[Traildogbob]

19. 3 "meals" and a bed

I hope the Guards take it personal about him attacking other officers. He should lose that pension for attacking LEO’s.

[Skittles]

33. three hots and a cot

I agree his pension should take a hit

[Historic NY]

20. I'm glad now there is time I won't have to run into him

in the area. I'spent 28 yrs dealing with his kind of scum, that came to our county thinking they were all better.

[Better Days Ahoy]

57. Just for fun, watch "Copland" with Stallone

About a small NJ town -- think Weehawken -- taken over by precinct thugs

[Historic NY]

60. I have its was actually about

Washingtonville NY in Orange County the village was and still is a meca

[Better Days Ahoy]

61. Wow, really. Didn't know it was a real place.

Filming was was just across the Hudson. Cool factoid. Thanks!
I love this group's deep knowledge.

[yardwork]

25. He got off easy, imo

[appmanga]

28. I think...

...this was the guy who was photographed with his thumbs pressing against an officers eyes like he was trying to gouge them out. A former cop deserves this kind of time. Who knows how many times he disgraced his badge over the years?

[Hekate]

38. I wondered too. "Gougey Guy" was particularly horrifying: up close & personal maiming...

In this case, an attempt to blind someone for life. No wonder the defenders of the Capitol called it “medieval.”

[doc03]

29. Good everyone of them need 10 years. Nt

[mcar]

31. He earned it.

[dchill]

32. 10 years. It's a start.

[orangecrush]

34. Goodbye, mofo

Learn a trade.

[NBachers]

36. A cop in prison doing long time - welcome to your life motherfucker.

[kacekwl]

40. That's more like it.

Love to see no parole also.

[634-5789]

42. Not enough.

[Martin68]

45. Oh, I think you'll find that for a cop in prison 10 years will seem to be a lifetime.

If he survives.

[Martin68]

44. Justice!

[Snackshack]

46. Sad

The man spent his life, to date, in service to the country only to throw it all away…for DT.


All of these 800-900 people got played & used badly by DT and the GOP that day, by their own choice. It will be a travesty if none of those responsible for this operation are not indicted. To think that the 6 January attack on the Capitol was the “diversionary tactic” for what was really going on behind the scenes.

[paleotn]

48. They chose to be played and used.

[Better Days Ahoy]

58. Gotta wonder what quality of "service" that was

Would not be surprised to learn he was a dirty cop who padded overtime, stole from the evidence lockers and took bribes.

[paleotn]

47. Gonna end up in isolation for 10 years....

General population at which ever Fed pen he lands in is going to just luv this one.

[Handler]

49. Justice done

[TomSlick]

50. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Hassler]

53. Enjoy the prison cuisine, traitor.

[LudwigPastorius]

54. FAFOed

[thucythucy]

56. To me the fact that he lied on the stand calls into question

every arrest he made and every conviction in which his testimony played a part.

This kind of disrespect for the law doesn't just pop out of nowhere. It generally isn't a one-off event. I would suspect that a close examination of his years in law enforcement will turn up other instances where, in his mind, the end justified the means.

Hopefully, if he did frame or help to frame someone, that person or persons will have the wherewithal to get the system to reexamine their case.

[Better Days Ahoy]

59. 100% agree.

Wannabe thug didn't happen overnight