Jan. 6 Attacker to Pay $500K to Family of Dead D.C. Cop

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

A 69-year-old Jan. 6 aggressor was ordered to pay $500,000 to the family of a Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police officer who died by suicide nine days after defending the U.S. Capitol from MAGA loyalists attempting to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 08:32 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

A federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the attack.

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-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Jun 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM

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Here's another cop who perished because the------------- couldn't accept defeat.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-06-24 12:08 AM

#1: Good. This is a symbolic victory for the poor widow Smith and this schmuck will feel the bite of this $500K penalty. There is also a second miscreant named in the lawsuit, Taylor Taranto. MPD Officer Jeffrey Smith looked like an alright fellow, not one of the run-of-the-mill ACAB neanderthals running amok in the US. The Patriot Freedom Project will probably pay this off for the dirtbags, if the group has any pelf left. Link: drudge.com

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-24 01:02 AM

Imagine having an extra $500,000 lying around.

Imagine having an extra $500,000 lying around and rioting because you know deep in your heart your country has treated you so unfairly.

The amount of delusion these people have is really something else.

The success of the propaganda model remains the enduring political lesson of the twentieth century.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 07:49 AM

@#3 ... Imagine having an extra $500,000 lying around. ...

Is $500k really enough to assuage the loss of a loved one?

I agree with #2 in that this is only a symbolic victory, not one that makes up for the loss.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-24 09:18 PM

I'm surprised by the outcome but am very happy it turned it this way.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-25 12:10 PM

I'm surprised by the outcome but am very happy it turned it this way.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger

You're happy he was pardoned and avoided jail for actions that literally led to the officer's death?

You're happy the family is awarded $300,000 after attorney's fees and other costs?

You're happy they will probably never collect because the guy is probably broke?

You're happy his life was only worth $500,000?

#6 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-06-25 12:15 PM

I'm happy they got something because I didn't think they'd get anything.

Is that simple enough for your pointy head to comprehend?

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-25 01:07 PM

The judge presiding over the civil trial dismissed Erin Smith's wrongful-death claim against Walls-Kaufman before jurors began deliberating last week. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said no reasonable juror could conclude that Walls-Kaufman's actions were capable of causing a traumatic brain injury leading to Smith's death.

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Why is there always something that makes no sense?

#8 | Posted by twinkhunter at 2025-06-25 02:48 PM

Why does the pedobutterfly link go to nbc.tonga?

Here have a .io link :

getyarn.io

-showing a typical leftist court argument

#9 | Posted by twinkhunter at 2025-06-25 02:53 PM

$500k is a lot of jack for some moronic criminal insurrectionist. Just take one of his kidneys--he's not using it much...

#10 | Posted by catdog at 2025-06-26 08:12 AM

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