A retired member of the New York Police Department was found guilty of attacking a D.C. police officer with a flagpole during the January 6 riot.
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol.
The US Attorney's Office for Washington, D.C. confirmed in a press release that a jury had convicted a man of assault with a dangerous weapon and other charges.
Prosecutors said that during a rowdy scene outside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, Webster swung a metal pole at a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer.
The DOJ argued that the local police officer's helmet and gas mask made it difficult for him to breathe when he was pinned to the ground.
The cop who instigated the conflict outside the Capitol was the one who punched the man in the face.
Forbes reached out to the attorneys of the man.
The sentencing is scheduled for early September. Two other defendants who pleaded guilty to assault on police were sentenced to more than three years in prison last year.
CNN and the New York Times reported that a former member of the Marine Corps was employed by the NYPD for two decades before retiring in 2011. He worked as a trainer at the NYPD's firing range and was in charge of security at the New York City Mayor's official residence.
Almost 800 people have been arrested and charged in connection with the Capitol riot, including more than 200 who were accused of assault, resisting or obstructing police officers, according to the DOJ. Several people who pleaded not guilty have been convicted during jury trials, and at least one person who was charged with a minor offense was found not guilty during a bench trial last month. A fired Virginia police officer who was found guilty at trial last month is one of a number of ex-officers who have faced Capitol riot-related charges.
The New York Times has a story about how a respected N.Y.P.D. officer became an accused Capitol Rioter.
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