The Metropolitan Police Department is being sued for $1 million by a Minnesota woman who claims they attacked her while she was protesting.
Victoria Charity White is facing six charges related to the riot. She has pleaded not guilty.
The Rochester woman was arrested in April after the FBI was tipped off by an anonymous person that she was involved in the siege.
A friend told them to uninstall Facebook stuff. They took my social security # name address because I was in the capitol locked up. I am not afraid of anyone. On January 7, White wrote "Come get me, You don't know the story, it's not what you think", according to prosecutors.
White was taken into custody on January 6, 2021, and placed in handcuffs and taken to a police car to be processed. White was released that evening with no charges filed.
Video footage from the riot shows White outside the Capitol building wearing a red hat and grabbing for a DC police officer's riot shield.
"As the video progresses, the officers attempt to push White back with their riot shields and fend her off with a baton," prosecutors said. White is seen wearing a red sweater and using her hand to block the baton.
White filed a civil lawsuit last week accusing police officers of brutality during the riot.
White's attorney, Joseph McBride, claims in the document that his client was beaten, abused, and imprisoned for engaging in protected speech. White was beaten with a metal baton nearly 35 times and punched in the face five times during the riot, according to a lawsuit.
The District of Columbia, the Chief of Metropolitan Police, and seven individual officers are targets of a civil complaint. White's legal team is seeking $1 million in damages, as well as attorneys' fees, and is demanding a trial by jury.
An attorney for White didn't respond to Insider's request for comment. The police department did not comment.
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