NEW: Erin Smith, the widow of an officer who died by suicide days after he was attacked on Jan. 6, tells @LACaldwellDC that this is “the start of Jeff getting the honor that he deserves.”
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“He was a hero that day, we knew it all along. Now the city has stated his death was a line-of-duty death. He deserves the recognition that every other officer receives.” nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
“At the end of the day, a lot of the push for this was to help the next person so they don’t have to fight for eight moths to get recognition for their loved one. Your heart health is just as important as your brain health.” nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
After DC stonewalled Jeff Smith’s widow, @Forrest_Rogers and the @1600PennPooch team pinpointed Jeff Smith in open source video, and identified two suspects. The subsequent lawsuit sprung free the body cam video that shows so much of what Jeff Smith went through that day.
Here’s how #TeamJeff nabbed D.C. chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, who is seen with his fist wrapped around Officer Jeffrey Smith’s baton. huffpost.com/entry/jeff-smi…
Still waiting on an arrest there.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1501759312967966722
The arrest of Matthew Beddingfield took nearly 10 months after his ID, but he was way out in rural North Carolina. David Walls-Kaufman, on the other hand, has an office within walking distance of FBI HQ. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
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