Prosecutors alleged that Sara Carpenter was captured on video shaking a tambourine in front of officers inside the U.S. Capitol and screaming: “I’m a ______ animal!” She is the second retired NYPD officer to be convicted for rioting at the Capitol.
Donate NowA former NYPD officer and spokeswoman was convicted on Thursday for disrupting the activities of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the counting of electoral votes and keep former President Donald Trump in office.
Sara Carpenter, 53, of Richmond Hill in Queens, was found guilty of two felonies, civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, along with five misdemeanors.
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