‘Resisted Arrest!’ Policeman Kills Jan. 6 US Capitol Rioter Pardoned by President Trump

Matthew Huttle, one of the persons charged over the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, and pardoned by President Donald Trump, has been killed by police during a traffic stop.

According to a state police statement said, Huttle, 42, was killed by a sheriff’s deputy Sunday after he “resisted” arrest during a traffic stop in northwest Indiana.

“An altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect,”

the statement said.

US media outlets identified Huttle as one of the approximately 1,500 people charged or convicted for participating in the Capitol assault who were pardoned by Trump.

Trump pardoned them just hours after he took office last week, drawing fierce criticism from Democrats and some pushback from Republicans.

Huttle was sentenced to six months in prison and was released last July.

His uncle also participated in the January 6 assault and was sentenced last year to 30 months in prison, the news station said, after he pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers with a flag pole.

Media reports have also said another pardon recipient, Daniel Ball of Florida, was quickly rearrested last week over a federal gun charge that predated the Capitol attack

A key ally of President Donald Trump said the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.

“I have always said that, I think, when you pardon people who attack police officers, you’re sending the wrong signal to the public at large,”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is close to Trump, told CNN on Sunday.

“It’s not what you want to do to protect cops.”

Within hours of taking office last week, Trump issued a sweeping clemency order covering around 1,500 rioters for their role on the Capitol attack that attempted to block congressional certification of Joe Biden ‘s 2020 election victory on Jan. 6, 2021.