Three individuals who were on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a class-action lawsuit Friday in Florida seeking damages related to the use of force by police officers during the attack.
The federal lawsuit alleges police “physically assaulted members of the crowd” that assembled on the Capitol’s west-side outdoor terrace and grounds.
The Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department were “indiscriminately shooting chemical munitions and pepper spray into a crowd of thousands of people,” the lawsuit states. “The police also used Billy Clubs, including strikes to the head, and other means of excessive force that caused injury to the plaintiffs and class members.”
