WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
The officers claim the failure to install the memorial plaque on the Capitol reflects an effort by President Donald Trump and his congressional allies to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 riot.
“Even those who recognized the violence of the day eventually partnered with the man who both inspired and minimized it,” the suit says.
More than 100 law enforcement officers were injured in the attack. Hundreds of people were convicted of Capitol riot-related crimes, but Trump erased all of the cases in a sweeping act of clemency on his first day back in the White House.
Officers sue to compel Congress to install a Jan. 6
riotinsurrection memorial at CapitolFTFY
In the end it will be a statue of the QAnon Shaman and/or the guy kicking his feet up on Pelosi’s desk.
No. It’ll become a symbol for the far right.
If you read it, it’s about calling out the insurrection/attacks and honoring the people who defended the Capitol.
That’s the intent. But it will be co-opted by fascists who go there and get their picture in front of it.
maga hajj
Exactly.
seeking to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
What law is that? 🤨
