MAGA rioter Thomas Webster, who infamously gouged a Metropolitan Police officer’s eyes during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6, complained through his attorney that he is locked up with people who committed “inner-city crimes.” The attorney argued on Friday that his client doesn’t deserve to be held in a jail cell like an average criminal.
As reported by The Washington Post’s Rachel Weiner, an attorney representing Webster, who is a retired New York City Police officer, argued to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that his client should not be detained in his current conditions, which he described as a “dormitory setting.”
The attorney went on to say that his client was not used to living in conditions that are usually reserved for people who commit “inner-city crimes.”
“For a middle aged guy whose never been arrested before this has been a shock for him,” said the attorney, who also touted his client’s “sparkling” record as a New York cop.
Webster was caught on camera assaulting a member of Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police force during the January 6th riots when he both gouged an officer’s eyes and beat him with a flag pole.
Lawyer for Tommy Webster, retired NYPD cop accused of beating an MPD officer with flagpole on #J6, says his client is in a "dormitory setting" with people serving time for "inner-city crimes" – "for a middle aged guy whose never been arrested before this has been a shock for him"
— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) April 9, 2021
