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Jan. 6 Capitol riot participants file lawsuit accusing police of excessive force
- 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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January 6 protesters seek millions in court for ‘physical and emotional injuries’
Several people who were at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, insurrection are suing the police agencies that worked to defend the building that day, asking a federal court to award them millions of dollars in damages for the “physical and emotional injuries” they say were inflicted on them by law enforcement.
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…
Trump's Jan 6th insurrectionists now claim they were victims of excessive force
A group of Jan. 6 rioters is suing the federal government, claiming police used excessive force while they were, according to the lawsuit, exercising their First Amendment rights, despite overwhelming video evidence showing the mob violently breaching the Capitol and injuring more than 100 officers. — Read the rest The post Trump's Jan 6th insurrectionists now claim they were victims of excessive force appeared first on Boing Boing.
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