With a Marine Corps flagpole in hand, Webster is seen swinging the pole, trying to beat the officer. Then Webster tackled Rathbun, yanked his protective gas mask off his face and appeared to try gouging his eyes out.

The sentencing hearing on Thursday ran over two hours, with U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta clearly wrestling over the decision, citing Webster’s lack of criminal history, his service as a U.S. Marine, his 20 years working for the New York Police Department, and his service as a first responder on Sept. 11, 2001.

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' School district cancels $20,000 in student lunch debt But Mehta said from the bench Thursday that as the presiding judge he had watched the video footage of Webster assaulting Metropolitan Police Officer Noah Rathbun many times over. And in the end, he simply did not believe Webster’s claims at trial that he was merely engaged in self-defense on Jan. 6.

“There’s no doubt about it. You were the one, with extraordinary force, who pulled [Rathbun] down … and when the barriers opened, nobody pushed you forward. You ran. You charged ahead,” Mehta said before noting this act let thousands of people stream into the Capitol.

Webster choked back tears as he spoke at his sentencing hearing and relayed the deep public shame and humiliation he has experienced.

“I was a hero up until Jan. 6,” Webster said before the 10-year sentence was handed down. “I should not have been there on Jan. 6 to protest the election. I wish the horrible events of that day never happened. People would still be alive, people would not have been hurt. Families would not be torn apart. Perhaps our country wouldn’t be as divided as it is today.”

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Thursday, Sep 1, 2022 · 5:44:35 PM EDT · Brandi Buchman On Jan. 6, Thomas Webster of Goshen, New York, approached the police barricades at the U.S. Capitol and screamed at outnumbered police. Then, as officers struggled to keep him and other rioters at bay, video footage shows Webster hauling off at Metropolitan Police officer Noah Rathbun.

With a Marine Corps flagpole in With a Marine Corps flagpole in hand, Webster is seen swinging the pole, trying to beat the officer. Then Webster tackled Rathbun, yanked his protective gas mask off his face and appeared to try gouging his eyes out.

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