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Man ordered to pay $500K for assaulting officer who killed himself after Capitol riot

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Man ordered to pay $ 500 K for assaulting officer who killed himself after Capitol riot.

Jeffrey Smith killed himself nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters.

Jurors ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman , to pay.

Erin Smith claims he struck her husband in the head with his own police baton, giving him a concussion.