Several participants in the Jan. 6 riot have filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government, seeking millions of dollars in damages over their claims that police used excessive force against the pro-Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
The lawsuit, filed in Florida on Friday, alleges that police “indiscriminately launched explosive munitions, chemical agents, and impact projectiles into a peaceful crowd and physically assaulted members of the crowd” as rioters stormed the Capitol to contest the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory.
Alan Fischer, a Florida man who was associated with the Proud Boys and was identified with help from his modeling photos, is a lead plaintiff in the case alongside two Jan. 6 participants who were never charged: Patrick and Marie Sullivan. Fischer was granted clemency by President Donald Trump along with roughly 1,500 other Capitol riot defendants when Trump started his second term last
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