From the BBC:
“January 6 defendant killed by
police days after Trump pardon”
An Indiana man who was pardoned
by US President Donald Trump over the US Capitol riot was killed by police
during a traffic stop days later. Matthew Huttle, 42, was shot and killed on
Sunday when police pulled his vehicle over, and he allegedly resisted and ended
up in an "altercation" with an officer, an Indiana State Police (ISP)
statement said. It remains unclear what he was being arrested for. Police added
that Huttle had a firearm in his possession during the traffic stop.
Huttle was one of nearly 1,600
people who were last week given pardons or commutations by Trump for their
roles in the riot on 6 January 2021 - when Trump supporters stormed the US
Capitol building in Washington DC.
Indiana police said the officer
involved in the shooting was placed on paid administrative leave. "For
full transparency, I requested the Indiana State Police to investigate this
officer involved shooting," Jasper County Sheriff Patrick Williamson said.
Huttle, and his uncle Dale Huttle, were among the hundreds of people who
sentenced for storming the Capitol more than four years ago.
Huttle was in the US Capitol for
some ten minutes during the riot and was ultimately sentenced to six months in
prison as part of a plea deal. He was released from custody in July 2024. His
uncle previously said he had no regrets about taking part in the riot:
"I'm not ashamed of being there. It was our duty as patriots."
This is not the first case of a 6
January rioter facing trouble with the law following their pardon. Another of
the group, Daniel Bell of Florida, was rearrested on federal gun charges last
week. Both Huttle and Bell were among the hundreds of 6 January defendants who
had their charges dismissed by Trump during his first day back in the White
House. Among those who had their charges dismissed were some leaders of the
Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers - far-right organisations at the forefront of
the riot. "These people have been destroyed," Trump said while
announcing the pardons. "What they've (the justice system) done to these
people is outrageous. There's rarely been anything like it in the history of
our country."
But some have been critical of
Trump's pardoning of the rioters. Over the weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham, a
Republican from South Carolina, said it was a "mistake" to pardon or
commute the sentences of "people who went into the Capitol and beat up a
police officer violently".
^ This is not the first case of
one of the 1,600 Pardoned by Trump committing more crimes and sadly it won't be
the last case. ^
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