Trial opens for lawsuit against pardoned Capitol riot defendant over police officer’s suicide
- Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith died by suicide nine days after the Capitol riot, according to the lawsuit from his widow, Erin Smith.
- Smith's widow is pursuing a lawsuit claiming that Walls-Kaufman caused her husband's trauma, leading to his suicide.
- Walls-Kaufman denies assaulting Officer Smith during the Capitol riot.
- U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes temporarily suspended Smith's claims against Taranto, who faced previous charges.
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Trial Opens for Lawsuit Against Pardoned Capitol Riot Defendant over Police Officer's Suicide
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith shot and killed himself while driving to work. Over four years later, Smith's widow is trying to prove to a jury that one of the thousands of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is responsible for her husband's suicide. World News | Trial Opens for Lawsuit Aga…

Trial opens for lawsuit against pardoned Capitol riot defendant over police officer's suicide
Nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith shot and killed himself while driving to work.
Let's make riots a political dead end - Chatham Journal Newspaper
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Nonviolent protests have a venerable history in North Carolina and beyond. Violent protests — that is, riots — have an ignominious one. A broadly recognized distinction? You might think so. Alas, you’d be wrong. YMCA in downtown Raleigh, boarded up after rioters broke windows and looted the property. (Carolina Journal photo by Rick Henderson) In 2020, unruly protests against police misconduct devolved across the countr…
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