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June 14, 2025
Two police officers who defended the American Capitol during the rebellion of 6 January, sued the congress for not installing a legally required memorial plate – promoting the delay part of a broader effort to erase the truth of that day.
Two police officers who defended the American Capitol during the uprising of January 6, 2021 brought a lawsuit against the congress and demanded the installation of a long delayed memorial plaque in honor of those who protected the Capitol on January 6.
Metropolitan police officer Daniel Hodges and former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn submitted the case on 12 June, The Associated Press Reports.
The lawsuit argues that the congress violates its own law from 2022 that obliges a tribute to officers who stood against the crowd of Trump supporters. The court case of Hodges and Dunn clarifies that the 2022 law dedicated the architect of the Capitol to install a memorial plate, but the deadline for the placement went almost two years ago without taking action.
According to the court case, the delay reflects a broader attempt by President Donald Trump and other members of his administration to distort the public memory of the attack.
“Even those who recognized the violence of the day eventually worked with the man who inspired and minimized it,” is Dunn and Hodges’ Pak.
As previously reported, more than 100 law enforcement officers were injured during the riot of January 6. Hundreds of participants in the uprising were convicted, but Trump effectively wiped all those beliefs with a major act of clementia on his first day back in the White House.
In April, architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin testified for a house sub-committee that house speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had not authorized the installation of the plaque. He said that Johnson is holding the authority about changes to the house side of the Capitol.
While spokesmen of both the office of Austin and Johnson did not do that answers On the requests of the AP for comments, the testimony has become relevant to the newly submitted court case.
Hodges and Dunn, both pronounced critics of Republican efforts to play down the release, said the lack of recognition contributes to their trauma around the event. “From that day on, both men live with psychological injuries, aggravated by the refusal of their government to acknowledge their service,” says the lawsuit.
Hodges was almost crushed in a doorway during the attack. Dunn, who has publicly spoke about subject to racial blemish by rioters, left the Capitol police after the uprising.
Speaking next to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) On June 12, Dunn said: “It’s a shame that we had to submit a lawsuit to force the congress to follow their own law, but here we are.”
Raskin, who led the indictment in particular on the second deposition of Trump, praised Hodges and Dunn’s lawsuit. “The only thing you ask for is the law to be followed,” he said.
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