Officers sue to force Congress to hang plaque honoring police who defended US Capitol on Jan. 6

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Officers sue to force Congress to hang plaque honoring police who defended US Capitol on Jan. 6

DC Police Officer Daniel Hodges and former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn filed a civil suit in federal court in D.C. seeking an order enforcing a 2022 law.

Author: Jordan Fischer
Published: 2:54 PM EDT June 12, 2025
Updated: 2:54 PM EDT June 12, 2025

WASHINGTON — Two officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot filed a civil lawsuit this week seeking to ensure a long-delayed plaque commemorating law enforcement’s efforts that day is finally hung.

Officers Daniel Hodges, who remains with the DC Police Department, and Harry Dunn, who left the U.S. Capitol Police in late 2023, sued in federal court in D.C. on Thursday to force the Architect of the Capitol to abide by a 2022 law passed by Congress requiring the plaque to be placed.

The bronze plaque, which honors the “extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended” the Capitol on Jan. 6, lists the names of 19 agencies whose officers responded to the riot. Under an omnibus bill passed with bipartisan support three years ago, the plaque was required to be installed by March 2023.

But Republicans retook control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections and have, so far, declined to direct the architect to place the memorial. Democrats have repeatedly called on Speaker Mike Johson (R-LA) to hang the plaque, which currently sits in a storeroom, and have accused him of not following the law out of a desire to avoid angering President Donald Trump, who has called Jan. 6 defendants “political prisoners.” … Last month, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called on Johnson to hang the plaque during National Police Week.

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1. Police officers file civil lawsuit seeking court order to hang Jan. 6 plaque at U.S. Capitol

Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack filed a federal civil lawsuit, asking a judge to order the hanging of a plaque to honor police heroes who protected the Capitol, lawmakers and staff from rioters.

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Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack filed a federal civil lawsuit, asking a judge to order the hanging of a plaque to honor police heroes who protected the Capitol, lawmakers and staff from rioters.

The lawsuit cites a 2022 law signed by President Biden that required the honorary plaque be hung by March 2023. The plaque has been completed and in storage since at least last year, but GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson has not committed to installing it at the Capitol.

The dispute over the plaque has angered victims and inflamed a politically divisive issue on Capitol Hill. Republican leaders, who control the administration of the Capitol complex, have not honored requests by some officers and Democratic colleagues to hang the plaque, as required under federal law.

In their lawsuit, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges argue President Trump has spun conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, that have been adopted by his Republican allies in Congress.

"After Congress passed the law, the politics of January 6 began to change. Donald Trump began to call the attack on the Capitol a 'day of love,' and said that 'the cops should be charged and the protesters should be freed," the lawsuit said. "As Trump's political fortunes rebounded, elected officials began to parrot his claims about the day."

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