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Two law enforcement officers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government for failing up put up a plaque in Washington recognizing those police officers who were on hand for the Jan. 6, 2021, protest where dozens, maybe hundreds, of Americans sauntered into the Capitol.

Some committed vandalism.

And some of the officers were injured in confrontations that developed after some security forces opened doors for the protesters and guided them in.

Hundreds were arrested and convicted of enhanced charges, sometimes after spending years awaiting trial, in cases that extended into this year. However, President Donald Trump wiped convictions out with executive pardons on his first day in office.

Now NBC in Chicago has reported that a Washington officer and a former Capitol Police staff member claim the government’s failure to install a plaque, mandated by Congress several years ago, “reflects an effort by Trump and his congressional allies to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 riot.”

They are demanding that Congress be compelled to fulfill a plan to “install a memorial.”

They charge, “Even those who recognized the violence of the day eventually partnered with the man who both inspired and minimized it.”

The only person killed that day was an unarmed California woman, Ashli Babbitt, who was shot at point-blank range by a Capitol Police officer and died. Her family recently settled a lawsuit over her death with a $5 million payment from the government. Several officers did commit suicide in the months following.

The report said, “In 2022, Congress passed a law directing the Architect of the Capitol to install a memorial honoring the officers who tried to hold off the mob. The deadline for installing it passed roughly two years ago.”

The plaintiffs are Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn. They both have been outspoken critics of Republican comments about those confrontations.

The lawsuit claims, “Both men live with psychic injuries from that day, compounded by their government’s refusal to recognize their service.”

Hodges claims rioters ripped a gas mask from his fact and dislodged his helmet, while Dunn said rioters yelled racial slurs at him.