Family Of Cop Who Died By Suicide Sues Capitol Rioter

The Washington Post reports:

The lawyer for a D.C. police officer who fatally shot himself nine days after he was injured confronting rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6 says a group of cybersleuths has identified one of his attackers. A blow to Officer Jeffrey Smith’s head captured on video shows the 12-year veteran being knocked to the ground, apparently unconscious, according to a lawsuit Smith’s family filed Friday against the alleged attacker.

The lawsuit includes a report from a doctor who evaluated the case for Smith’s estate saying a traumatic brain injury led the officer to take his own life. The family attorney, David Weber, said he turned the name of the potential attacker over to D.C. police, which a department spokesman confirmed. The Washington Post is not identifying the man named in the lawsuit because The Post could not independently verify his identity and he has not been charged with a crime.

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The video found by Deep State Dogs for the first time shows how Smith was injured. Smith was not struck by a pole, as the officer thought, but with a much heavier object: either a crowbar or a heavy walking stick. Via ⁦@phscoop⁩ https://t.co/ONmf7IBfeK

— Lynda Robinson (@WPLyndaRobinson) August 14, 2021