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US Capitol Rioter, Pardoned By Trump, Shot By Police

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Authorities confirmed that a man charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach, and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, was killed by police during a traffic stop. The incident has raised questions about the intersection of justice, politics, and law enforcement.

A sheriff’s deputy shot and killed 42-year-old Matthew Huttle during a traffic stop in northwest Indiana on Sunday after he reportedly resisted arrest, state police confirmed. The incident has raised questions about the use of force and is currently being investigated.

“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, without providing further details, except that Huttle was in possession of a firearm.

Huttle has been named by US media as one of approximately 1,500 people who faced charges or convictions for their involvement in the Capitol riot but were subsequently pardoned by Donald Trump.

The controversial move by Trump, announced mere hours after his inauguration last week, faced sharp backlash from Democrats and even some Republican dissent, particularly for pardoning those convicted of violent attacks on law enforcement.

Read also: Capitol Insurrectionists Await Possible Trump Pardons

Local news outlet FOX59 reported that Huttle, who had been sentenced to six months in prison, completed his sentence and was released in 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 pled 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.

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