A jury in the United States has convicted a New York Police Department (NYPD) veteran of assaulting an officer during last year’s riot at the US Capitol, rejecting his self-defence argument.The federal jury on Monday found Thomas Webster guilty of all six counts against him, including a charge he assaulted a police officer with a dangerous weapon, a metal flag pole.Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and the first to present a jury with a self-defence argument.
Load More
Load More