Washington:
A man accused of the assault of January 6, 2021 to the Capitol of the United States, and forgiven by President Donald Trump, was killed by the police during a traffic stop, according to officials.
Matthew Huttle, 42, was killed by a deputy of the Sheriff on Sunday after “resisted” the arrest during a traffic stop in the northwest of Indiana, said a statement from the State Police.
“There was an altercation between the suspect and the officer, which turned out that the officer triggered his weapon and fatally hurt the suspect,” the statement said, without providing more details, except that Huttle was in possession of a firearm.
The US media identified Huttle as one of the approximately 1,500 people accused or convicted of participating in the Capitol assault that was forgiven by Trump.
Trump’s measure only a few hours after assuming the position last week generated fierce criticisms of the Democrats and some rejections of the Republicans for including the people convicted by the violent attack police.
Huttle was sentenced to six months in prison and was released last July, said the local media Fox59.
His uncle also participated in the assault on January 6 and was sentenced last year to 30 months in prison, said the news station, after he declared himself guilty of attacking police officers with a flag post.
The media reports have also said that another forgiveness, Daniel Ball de Florida, was quickly repeated last week by a federal weapons position that preceded the attack of the Capitol.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a union feed).
By
