Jan. 6 Rioter Ordered to Pay $500K to Officer's Family After Suicide
TL;DR
A federal jury ordered David Walls-Kaufman to pay $500,000 to the family of Officer Jeffrey Smith, who was assaulted during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and later committed suicide, with the verdict highlighting the ongoing legal repercussions of the attack.
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- Man in Jan. 6 Riot Ordered to Pay $500,000 to Family of Officer Who Later Killed Himself The New York Times
- Trial opens for lawsuit against pardoned Capitol riot defendant over police officer’s suicide AP News
- Jan. 6 rioter ordered to pay $500K to widow of officer who killed himself The Washington Post
- Jan. 6 rioters received pardons from Trump, but that didn’t make civil suits go away MSNBC News
- US Capitol rioter ordered to pay damages for assaulting cop who later died by suicide The Guardian
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