Tambourine-waving former NYPD cop Sara Carpenter, 53, was convicted of breaching the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots, officials said Friday.
Prosecutors alleged Carpenter “confronted a line of police officers inside the Capitol, shook her tambourine and screamed, ‘I’m a f–king animal,’ ” the DOJ said.
Carpenter also allegedly pushed against the officers guarding the Senate chamber hallway and slapped ones who tried to stop her from entering the building. She was inside the Capitol for 34 minutes and was captured on CCTV footage, officials said.The tambourine that Carpenter allegedly used during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.“It needs to calm down now. Congress needs to come out. They need to certify Trump as president. This is our house,” she said before shaking the tambourine over her head.
When interviewed by agents shortly after, she said was pepper-sprayed and trampled while inside the building. Carpenter was arrested months later, when she turned herself in on March 23 and is scheduled to be sentenced July 14.
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