{"id":686824,"date":"2021-08-26T13:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=686824"},"modified":"2021-08-26T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:35:23","slug":"capitol-police-officers-sue-trump-right-wing-groups-over-jan-6-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officers-sue-trump-right-wing-groups-over-jan-6-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Right-Wing Groups Over Jan. 6 Riot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcapitol-police-officers-sue-trump-right-wing-groups-over-jan-6-riot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=686824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Seven Capitol Police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights suit against former President Donald Trump, several of his allies and members of far-right groups over their role in the Jan. 6 riot.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21049557\/8-26-21-smith-v-trump-complaint.pdf\">lawsuit<\/a> alleges that Trump, along with groups like the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/19\/proud-boys-leaders-charged-conspiracy-invade-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proud Boys<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/19\/9-oath-keepers-indicted-after-using-military-tactics-during-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oath Keepers<\/a>, resorted to domestic terrorism in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden\u2019s victory and keep Trump in office. The plaintiffs argue that Trump and the other defendants violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, which in part outlawed conspiracies aimed at overthrowing the American government, citing their discredited allegations of fraud in cities with large black populations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefendants targeted false claims of election fraud at cities and states with significant Black populations \u2014 including Atlanta (51% Black), Detroit (78% Black), Milwaukee (39% Black), Philadelphia (43% Black), and Pittsburgh (23% Black) \u2014 and sought to intimidate and threaten officials from those and other jurisdictions into overturning the will of the voters,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7240078\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7240078\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7240078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation&#039;s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden&#039;s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454306-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7240078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in a bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden\u2019s win. (Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The officers, five of whom are black, also contend that the former president and other groups violated the 1989 D.C. Bias-Related Crimes Act, which prohibits criminal acts driven by political bias. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/trump-justifies-mob-violence-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Defends Rioters Says Actions Are The Result Of A Stolen Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Trump and the groups mentioned, the lawsuit also implicates Trump\u2019s campaign and Roger Stone, one of his top allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of Defendants\u2019 unlawful actions, Plaintiffs were violently assaulted, spat on, tear-gassed, bear-sprayed, subjected to racial slurs and epithets, and put in fear for their lives,\u201d the lawsuit says, adding that the \u201cPlaintiffs\u2019 injuries, which Defendants caused, persist to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is the largest brought in a civil fashion seeking to hold Trump, his allies and affiliated groups responsible for their role in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably the most comprehensive account of Jan. 6 in terms of civil cases,\u201d Edward Caspar, an attorney for the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/26\/us\/politics\/capitol-police-jan-6-riot-lawsuit.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Times.\" data-rapid_p=\"20\" data-v9y=\"1\">The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cIt spans from the former president to militants around him to his campaign supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Capitol Police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights suit against former President Donald Trump, several of his allies and members of far-right groups over their role in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}