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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
A retired New York City cop and U.S. Marine wanted for allegedly assaulting a Washington, D.C., police officer with a metal flagpole during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has surrendered on federal charges.
Thomas Webster, 54, who once provided security for New York mayor and City Hall, according to news reports, turned himself in Monday on six counts related to the beating of the officer captured on body camera footage during the pro-Trump insurrection, according to a federal complaint.
Webster was brought before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Krause in White Plains, who reportedly expressed shock at video of the assault. He declared Webster may still be a threat to public safety and ordered him jailed without bail pending another hearing. The most serious charge ― forcible assault of an officer of the U.S. with a dangerous weapon ― carries a maximum of 20 years in prison if he’s convicted.
The video footage appears to show Webster, who’s from the upstate New York town of Florida, first verbally berating the officer, who stands behind a metal gate, and then physically lunging at him with the pole and then his bare hands.
Comments
more here yesterday on this story on "Meet the Perps" thread, including lengthy excerpt from WaPo story on it:
http://dagblog.com/comment/301083#comment-301083
also I just made general related comment here
http://dagblog.com/comment/301119#comment-301119
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 4:27pm
Thanks I have been avoiding reading/commenting on your threads since it often leads to conflict.
Life is too short.
Here I can point out that a former NYPD officer viciously assaulted a DC officer
If police will attack other police officers, they will have no problem attacking a citizen.
It does not build citizen trust in police departments.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 4:38pm