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US Capitol riot: Jury convicts NYPD veteran of assaulting officer

This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body-worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in a red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 [File: Metropolitan Police Department via AP Photo]

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.

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