Body camera video captured a “rage-filled” retired police officer attacking one of the outnumbered police officers trying to hold off a mob of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, a federal prosecutor told jurors.
WASHINGTON — Body camera video captured a “rage-filled” retired police officer attacking one of the outnumbered police officers trying to hold off a mob of rioters who But a defense attorney said another video from a different angle shows that acted in self-defense after a Metropolitan Police Department officer punched him first.
“He is smiling in that photo, but that smile would soon turn to rage,” she said during the trial’s opening statements. Defense attorney James Monroe accused Rathbun of using excessive force and provoking Webster by punching him in the face.Mirell said Rathbun stuck out an open palm to create space between him and Webster.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who is presiding over Webster’s trial, said during a bond hearing last June that he didn’t see Webster getting punched in the face on a video. The judge described Webster as an instigator.
Webster brought a gun when he traveled alone to Washington from his home in Florida, New York, a village in Orange County about 70 miles northwest of New York City. He wore his NYPD-issued bulletproof vest but says he left the pistol in his hotel room when he headed to the Jan. 6 rally where Trump spoke.
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