Posted on 06/23/2025 1:59:40 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the attack.
The eight-member jury ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. They awarded an additional $60,000 to compensate Jeffrey Smith's estate for his pain and suffering.
The judge presiding over the civil trial dismissed Erin Smith’s wrongful-death claim against Walls-Kaufman before jurors began deliberating last week. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said no reasonable juror could conclude that Walls-Kaufman’s actions were capable of causing a traumatic brain injury leading to Smith’s death.
On Friday, the jury sided with Erin Smith and held Walls-Kaufman liable for assaulting her 35-year-old husband — an encounter captured on the officer's body camera.
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How about the starbucks barrista that was slow w/his order?
I would like to see that video.
Corrupt, nasty DC juries need to go to prison. DC needs to be deprived of all courts except the Supreme court.
DC is corrupt, and nobody can be tried there fairly.
What if I were to say that I know somebody that committed suicide three months ago that had witnessed the video of Ashley Babbitt being shot and had been extremely distraught ever since.
Yet another reason to stay away from the blue zones.
Is there a go fund me set up for the defendant?
Wow. So the Retirement and Compensation board’s ruling was the only evidence? In spite being cleared medically to go back to work and no evidence of assault.
The whole summer of 2020 there were hundreds of violent clashes between police and rioters throughout the country. I don’t recall hearing about the police committing suicide over it.
One day for an hour there were a couple scuffles between the police and some protesters and 4 policemen ended up killing themselves.
And it just so happens that there was a proven coverup and multiple lies told to the public about what happened during that hour.
This is the craziest thing I have ever heard.
LEOs die by suicide at a higher rate than from line of duty deaths.
Correlation is not causation, but try convincing a brainwashed jury regarding J6 protests of that.
Kill themselves or did the deepstate off them?
Curious, how much did members of Antifa, BLM, have to pay for the 20 zillion cops they assaulted, spit on, threw bricks at, threw Molotov cocktails at, blinded with lasers, hit over the head with baseball bats, shot at, killed, on and on. To day I can’t even think of one of those thugs who was sentenced to even a day in jail.
Let me guess, the Judge was appointed by Obama?
Wife made out pretty well. Annoyed her husband till he thought death was better than another day with her. then she got rich rich richer. The officer was not safe to be on any patrols, obviously.
4 cops killed themselves? None of them were fit to be on duty much less witnesses for the prosecutor. Oh, wait . . .
A Boomer retired chiropractor has money, and so the Black jury was happy to take it from him.
You will NOT get a fair trial or hearing in DC. Its rife with deep state democrap party zombie slaves.
Utter nonsense from a heavily biased and loaded jury.
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