Related video above: "Qanon Shaman" gets 41-month sentence for Jan. 6 riot A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters.Thomas Webster's prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The previous longest was shared by two other rioters, who were sentenced separately to seven years and three months in prison.Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and the first to present a self-defense argument. A jury rejected Webster's claim that he was defending himself when he tackled Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun and grabbed his gas mask outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Webster, 56, to 10 years in prison plus three years of supervised release, noting that along with Rathbun, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the other victim was democracy." He allowed Webster to report to prison at a date to be determined instead of immediately ordering him into custody.Federal prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of 17 years and six months. The court바카라 게임 웹사이트�s probation department had recommended a 10-year prison sentence. Mehta wasn't bound by the recommendations.In a court filing, prosecutors accused Webster of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�disgracing a democracy that he once fought honorably to protect and serve.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Webster led the charge against police barricades at the Capitol바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Lower West Plaza, prosecutors said. They compared the attack to a medieval battle, with rioters pelting officers with makeshift projectiles and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Each individual attack on an officer at the West Plaza weakened the defensive line, fueled the crowd, and brought the rioters one step closer toward disrupting our democracy,바카라 게임 웹사이트� they wrote.Defense attorney James Monroe said Webster was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�swept up in the fervor of the large crowd바카라 게임 웹사이트� but didn't join many other rioters in entering the Capitol. Monroe said the mob was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�guided by unscrupulous politicians" and others promoting the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the Republican incumbent.바카라 게임 웹사이트�These forces championed by former President Donald Trump exerted an extraordinary amount of influence over those Americans present at the Capitol on Jan. 6 though their relentless disinformation,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Monroe wrote.In May, jurors deliberated for less than three hours before they convicted Webster of all six counts in his indictment, including a charge that he assaulted Rathbun with a dangerous weapon, the flagpole.Also Thursday, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to using pepper spray on police officers, including one who later died. Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke the day after the riot and died of natural causes. He and other officers were standing guard behind metal bicycle racks as the mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.Julian Khater, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. He could face up to 20 years in prison, though will likely face a sentence ranging from about 6 1/2 to 8 years at a hearing set for December.The case against Khater and a second man have been among the more notable brought by the Justice Department. George Pierre Tanios brought the pepper spray in a backpack. Tanios previously pleaded guilty and is also set to be sentenced in December.Webster had testified at trial that he was trying to protect himself from a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�rogue cop바카라 게임 웹사이트� who punched him in the face. He also accused Rathbun of instigating the confrontation.Rathbun testified that he didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t punch or pick a fight with Webster. Rathbun said he was trying to move Webster back from a security perimeter that he and other officers were struggling to maintain.Rathbun바카라 게임 웹사이트�s body camera captured Webster shouting profanities and insults before they made any physical contact. The video shows that Webster slammed one of the bike racks at Rathbun before the officer reached out with an open left hand and struck the right side of Webster바카라 게임 웹사이트�s face.After Rathbun struck his face, Webster swung a metal flag pole at the officer in a downward chopping motion, striking a bike rack. Rathbun grabbed the broken pole from Webster, who charged at the officer, tackled him to the ground and grabbed his gas mask, choking him by the chin strap.Webster drove alone to Washington, D.C., from his home near Goshen, New York, on the eve of the Jan. 6 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Stop the Steal바카라 게임 웹사이트� rally, where Trump addressed thousands of supporters. Webster was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.Webster said he went to the Capitol to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�petition바카라 게임 웹사이트� lawmakers to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�relook바카라 게임 웹사이트� at the results of the 2020 presidential election. But he testified that he didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t intend to interfere with Congress바카라 게임 웹사이트� joint session to certify President Joe Biden 's victory.Webster retired from the NYPD in 2011 after 20 years of service, which included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg바카라 게임 웹사이트�s private security detail. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989 before joining the NYPD in 1991.___Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report.