Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. Police used batons and tear gas grenades to eventually disperse the crowd. Rioters used metal bars and tear gas as well against the police.
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- A Capitol Police officer filed a lawsuit against Trump on the anniversary of the attack.
- Briana Kirkland, 29, is suing the former president for at least $75,000.
- Kirkland argued Trump’s actions directly contributed to the violence she experienced.
A Capitol Police officer filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump a year after the January 6 insurrection arguing that he played a “central role in inciting” the riot.
In the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for Washington DC, Briana Kirkland, 29, said Trump’s “provocative words and actions” resulted in the violence she and other officers experienced.
“As the leader of this violent mob, who took their cues from his campaign rhetoric and personal tweets and traveled from around the country to the nation’s capital at Trump’s invitation for the January 6 rally, Trump was in a position of extraordinary influence over his followers, who committed assault and battery on Briana Kirkland,” the complaint says. “Trump, by his words and conduct, directed the mob that stormed the Capitol and assaulted and battered Briana Kirkland.”
Kirkland said she suffered a traumatic brain injury that forced her to take a year off from work. She’s seeking at least $75,000 in damages, according to the complaint.
Kirkland’s lawsuit follows a string of lawsuits against Trump from other Capitol Police officers.
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