Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 assault

Pro-Trump mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Thomas Webster, a former New York Police Department officer, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after being found guilty in May of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

The 56-year-old received the longest sentence so far for any of the Jan. 6 defendants.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.