A former NYPD cop who was arrested for allegedly beating a police officer with a pole on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots is surprised that he’s detained amongst individuals charged with “inner-city” crimes.
The lawyer for Thomas Webster, 54, a 20-year NYPD veteran who was as soon as assigned to protect City Hall and Gracie Mansion, stated his shopper is being detained in a “dormitory setting,” according to Washington Post reporter Rachel Weiner.
“For a middle aged guy whose (sic) never been arrested before this has been a shock for him,” his lawyer stated, in line with Weiner.
Webster’s report as one among New York’s Finest is “sparkling” — which is how he ended up with the “lofty assignment of protecting the mayor,” the legal professional stated, Weiner said in a tweet.
“(He’s not in D.C., where riot detainees are in a separate wing, causing friction on both sides — like others arrested elsewhere he’s been moved around the country on the way to D.C.),” she added.
“If he won’t be released he wants him moved back to jail in upstate New York,” Weiner wrote concerning the lawyer.
Webster, who retired from the NYPD in 2011, turned himself into the FBI in Hudson Valley in February and made an preliminary court docket look in White Plains federal court docket.
At the listening to, Assistant US Attorney Ben Gianforti stated Webster was captured on video beating a Metropolitan Police officer with a flag pole through the rebellion on the Capitol constructing.
Webster, who was seething with rage, was calling the police officer a “f—king piece of s—t” and a “Commie motherf—ker,” the prosecutor stated.
“These videos shock the conscience,” Gianforti stated, alleging that Webster went “after that cop like a junkyard dog — teeth clenched and fists clenched,” Newsweek reported.
Judge Andrew Krause ordered the previous cop to stay behind bars pending his trial, saying he believed Webster would pose a risk to the group if he was launched.
His protection legal professional argued the veteran voluntarily turned over his weapons earlier than his arrest — and stated he traveled to the Capitol that day to take part within the Trump rally.
Five individuals, together with a Capitol Police officer, had been killed on Jan. 6, when throngs of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
During his years within the division, Webster was assigned to a uniformed element that protected each City Hall and the mayor’s residence at Gracie Mansion, a police supply stated.
Webster faces a slew of fees for his position within the riot, together with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a lethal or harmful weapon, in line with court docket papers.
