A federal jury has ordered a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot to pay $500,000 to the family and estate of a police officer whom he assaulted and who then committed suicide days later.
David Walls-Kaufman, a 69-year-old chiropractor, was ordered by an eight-member jury Monday 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. Walls-Kaufman was also ordered to pay $60,000 to compensate Jeffrey Smith’s estate for his pain and suffering, according to the Associated Press.
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