MAGA riot defendant demands court prevent any mention of ‘imaginary police deaths’ at his trial – By Matthew Chapman (Raw Story) / Mar 15, 2023
An accused January 6 rioter from East Texas is demanding that the court disallow any mention of “imaginary police deaths” at trial, reported The Daily Beast on Wednesday.
“Ryan Nichols, 32, was arrested on Jan. 18, 2021, and has been indicted on 12 counts, including tampering with a witness and civil disorder,” reported Alec Karam. “‘To be clear, no police officer died on Jan. 6,’ court documents filed by Nichols said. ‘Any statement to the contrary is a blatant and reckless lie.'”
Nichols, a Marine veteran accused of using a chemical spray on Capitol Police officers, went on to claim that police were “out of control,” and that the idea the people at the Capitol attacked them first is a “false narrative” — despite other defendants having been convicted of assaulting law enforcement.
