Three Police Officers Injured On January 6th Bring New Lawsuits Against Trump
Donald Trump was hit with two new federal lawsuits on Tuesday from law enforcement officers who were at the US Capitol on January 6th. Both officers allege that Trump directed the assault that left them injured and emotionally traumatized. Like the other January 6 lawsuits that have been filed against Trump, the new complaints cite his behavior, not just at the rally before the riot, but in the months leading up, when he hyped up false claims about the election being stolen.
The two complaints, one filed by a US Capitol Police officer and another by two members of the DC Metropolitan Police, join six other civil suits that have been filed against Trump, the rioters, and others for their alleged role in encouraging the Capitol attack. The cases all accuse Trump of directing assault and battery; aiding and abetting assault and battery; and violating local Washington, DC, laws that prohibit incitement of riots and disorderly conduct.
I'm ready to join a class-action lawsuit against Trump for trauma stemming from the January 6th Insurrection.
— official CriticalThinker (@lakeinla) January 5, 2022
According to the lawsuit brought by Capitol Police officer Marcus Moore, Trump “agreed and conspired with his followers to stage an attack on the Capitol to prevent Congress and Vice President Mike Pence, by force, intimidation, or threat, from discharging their duties of certifying the winners of the 2020 presidential election.” Officer Moore’s suit also claims he temporarily suffered hearing loss due to the flashbangs detonated by the rioters as he was entering the Capitol during the attack. Officer Moore was posted in front of the House chamber doors and was crushed against the wall by the rioters, the lawsuit says, adding that “insurrectionists threw fire extinguishers, poles, and other objects, and struck the officers with their fists.” Officer Moore has also suffered from lingering symptoms connected to his physical injuries, including persistent tinnitus as well as depression, the lawsuit said.
Another civil lawsuit filed today seeking to hold Donald Trump liable for the violence on Jan. 6 — plaintiff is USCP Officer Marcus Moore, who described being "crushed" by the mob near the House Chambers, seeing at least one rioter with a gun https://t.co/GROwkdlGcH pic.twitter.com/t2PhWdBdAK
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 4, 2022
In their joint lawsuit, Metropolitan Police Officers Bobby Tabron and DeDivine K. Carter also say they suffer injuries from that day. Their lawsuit said that Tabron, who broke his wrist among other injuries, suffers from insomnia, as well as slightly slurred speech and slower thinking from a concussion after rioters repeatedly hit his head. Tabron was posted behind a set of bike racks near the Capitol, where he was struck with flag poles and bats, according to the lawsuit. While he was on the west side of the Capitol, Carter was repeatedly struck by the rioters, including when he was attempting to help a fellow officer who had been punched, according to the lawsuit. Carter and Tabron were both for a time attacked by rioters while they were assembled by the ceremonial entrance to the Capitol that Carter now calls “the tunnel of death.”
👏 “In a second lawsuit filed Tuesday, Metro PD officers Bobby Tabron and Dedevine Carter described suffering physical assaults with poles, pepper spray and other projectiles, in addition to hand-to-hand violence. They are also seeking compensatory damages for their injuries.” https://t.co/oDd0dhOOWb
— Ricky 🇺🇸 (@rickyx2001) January 4, 2022
Both officers suffered the effects of the chemicals sprayed on them by the rioters, the lawsuit said, and Carter repeatedly vomited on himself after he was sprayed with bear spray “more times than he could count.” When Tabron returned home that night, “the chemical smell soaked into his skin was so potent, even his wife’s eyes burned,” the lawsuit reads.
Trump urges judge to drop lawsuit by eight Capitol Police officers accusing him of sparking riot because he did not have a duty to care. Trump’s lawyer: ‘Speakers at political rallies do not owe a duty of care to members of Congress or Capitol Police Officers not at the rally.’
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) December 28, 2021