Two Capitol Police officers sue Trump for 'physical and emotional injuries' suffered in riots

[Generic Other]

Two Capitol police officers who battled the mob of pro-Trump terrorists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 are now suing the former guy for the physical and emotional injuries they say they suffered in the attacks.

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Two Capitol Police officers who battled the mob of Donald Trump supporters that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 are suing the former president for the physical and emotional injuries they say they suffered in the attacks.

In a federal suit filed Tuesday in D.C., Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby allege that for months, Trump rallied the insurrectionists with baseless election fraud claims that eventually culminated in the breach of the Capitol that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. About 140 police officers were injured, according to the police union, and two officers who had been on duty at the Capitol that day later died by suicide.

“Both United States Capitol Police Officers reported for duty on January 6, 2021, without any suspicion that they would soon become the targets of Trump’s followers,” according to the suit...

The officers are each seeking compensatory damages of at least $75,000 and an undisclosed amount in punitive damages from Trump.

“The insurrectionist mob, which Trump had inflamed, encouraged, incited, directed, and aided and abetted, forced its way over and past the plaintiffs and their fellow officers, pursuing and attacking them inside and outside the United States Capitol, and causing the injuries,” the suit states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/31/capitol-officers-sue-trump-riots/

[lagomorph777]

1. Yes! May they be the first of MANY.

Every member of Congress also has standing to sue Former Turd.

[Generic Other]

2. A copy of the complaint

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This is a complaint for damages by U.S. Capitol Police officers for physical and
emotional injuries caused by the defendant Donald Trump’s wrongful conduct inciting a
riot on January 6, 2021, by his followers trying to overturn the results of the 2020
presidential election.
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.229464/gov.uscourts.dcd.229464.1.0.pdf

[MacKasey]

3. They should sue Rudy too!

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