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Appeals court upholds retired NYPD officer's 10-year prison sentence for Capitol riot attack

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FILE- This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A federal appeals court has upheld a retired New York Police Department officers conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Thomas Websters claims that he was convicted by a biased jury. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
FILE - This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A federal appeals court has upheld a retired New York Police Department officers conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Thomas Websters claims that he was convicted by a biased jury. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)
FILE- Retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Sept. 1, 2022. A federal appeals court has upheld a retired New York Police Department officers conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Thomas Websters claims that he was convicted by a biased jury.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

FILE- This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A federal appeals court has upheld a retired New York Police Department officers conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Thomas Websters claims that he was convicted by a biased jury. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP)