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Hemby from Oklahoma

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Two Capitol Police officers sue Trump for physical and emotional injuries suffered in Jan. 6 riot

The two Capitol Police officers alleged that former president Donald Trump is responsible for inciting a mob of his supporters that breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

“In a federal suit filed Tuesday in D.C., Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby allege that for months, Trump rallied the insurrectionists with baseless election fraud claims that eventually culminated in the breach of the Capitol that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. About 140 D.C. and Capitol Police officers were injured, according to the police union, and two officers who had been on duty at the Capitol that day later died by suicide. ... Blassingame, a 17-year veteran, and Hemby, who has been on the force 11 years, 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 ... ‘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.”

Where’s the “Blue Lives Matter!” crowd now? Shouldn’t they be supporting this lawsuit, championing these police officers, and criticizing those who perpetrated these violent attacks and those who encouraged them?

Oh, right. When police officers are trying to stop you from breaking the law, their lives don’t matter at all. “Blue Lives Matter” only to the extent that what you really mean is “Black Lives Don’t Matter.”

Bonus racism:

“Blassingame, who had been ordered to move from his original post and was already inside the Capitol, was corralled on the first floor by ‘enraged’ and ‘inflamed’ insurrectionists ... The mob threw items at Blassingame and the other officers and struck them with their fists and weapons, including flagpoles and stanchions. ‘The threats and attacks on Officer Blassingame seemed endless,’ the suit states. Then, a surge of insurrectionists pushed forward and slammed Blassingame against a stone column, he said. He struck his spine and the back of his head and was unable to move. Blassingame, who is Black, said he lost count of how many times the crowd yelled the n-word in his face.”

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Hemby

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Hemby