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Jan. 6 Capitol riot participants file lawsuit accusing police of excessive force
Plaintiffs claim excessive force by police during Jan. 6 protest, seeking damages and legal costs in a class-action suit filed in Florida federal court.
- On Friday, dozens of individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot filed a class-action lawsuit in Florida federal court seeking at least $18 million in damages for excessive force.
- This action follows President Donald Trump's mass pardons of over 1,500 people charged in the Capitol assault, including members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
- Allegations filed in U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida claim officers "indiscriminately" fired chemical munitions and used billy clubs against a "peaceful crowd," causing chemical burns, concussive trauma, and emotional distress.
- Meanwhile, the lawsuit accuses police of negligence, assault, and failures in crowd control planning while the Trump administration moves to rewrite the riot's history, blaming law enforcement for "deliberately escalating tensions."
- At least one rioter who called on the mob to "kill" police now works in the administration, as the White House continues scrubbing evidence and downplaying the insurrection from government websites.
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Participants in Jan. 6 US Capitol riot file lawsuit in Florida against DC police
A small crowd of far-right activists marched on the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in a nonviolent protest. They followed the path of the march five years earlier, when rioters attacked the Capitol in an attempt to stop certification of Joe Biden's presidential election. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)Dozens of people who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have filed a federal class action in Florida ag…
Jan. 6 Capitol riot participants file lawsuit accusing police of excessive force
Dozens of people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are suing the federal government, accusing responding officers of using excessive force.The class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department indiscriminately fired chemical munitions, pepper spray and other projectiles into a crowd gathered on the Capitols west side.The complaint says the plai…
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