Two veteran Capitol Police officers have filed a civil suit in Federal Court in the District of Columbia against seditionist cult leader Donald "Mango Mussolini" Trump for his role in provoking the violent domestic terrorist riot at the Capitol on January 6. Each officer is seeking $75,000 in compensatory damages and an undisclosed amount in punitive damages (ed.-- hope it's in the many tens of millions). In their suit, Officers James Blassingame, 50, and Sidney Hemby, 59, allege that:
"...Trump was directly responsible for inciting a mob of supporters gathered at his 'Stop the Steal' rally outside the White House. Encouraged by Trump’s orders to march to the Capitol, the lawsuit says, the mob attacked officers and destroyed federal property as lawmakers met to certify Joe Biden as president. [snip]
'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."
Officer Brian Sicknick died as a result of actions by the mob, two of whom have been identified and arrested for their possible involvement, while two officers later committed suicide as a result of the traumatic events of that day. All three families of those officers have a legitimate claim to significant damages from Mango Mussolini. The Capitol Police Officers' Union has counted some 140 of its police officers who were injured that day, leaving open the real possibility that more civil suits will be filed on behalf of injured officers. Suffice it to say that DC is not the friendliest venue for Trump in terms of jury trials, so let the torts fly.
