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Questions Raised After Pardoned J6 Protester Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop

Matthew W. Huttle, a 42-year-old J6 protester who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last week, was fatally shot by an Indiana police officer during a traffic stop near the Pulaski County line, reports FOX32 Chicago.

TheincidenthassparkedoutrageandsuspicionamongthosewhoviewHuttle’sdeathaspartofalargerpatternoftargetingTrumpsupportersandJ6protesters.  Accordingtolocallawenforcement,Huttleresistedarrestduringthetrafficstop,leadingtoanaltercationinwhichtheofficerfiredhisweapon,killinghim.  “Analtercationtookplacebetweenthesuspectandtheofficer,whichresultedintheofficerfiringhisweaponandfatallywoundingthesuspect,”theJasperCountySheriff’sOfficesaidinastatement. Theofficer,whosenamehasnotyetbeenreleased,iscurrentlyonpaidadministrativeleave,asperprotocol.JasperCountySheriffPatrickWilliamsonhasrequestedaninvestigationbytheIndianaStatePolice,promisingtransparencyintheprocess.Inastatement,SheriffWilliamsonexpressedcondolencestoHuttle’sfamily,saying,“Ourcondolencesgoouttothefamilyofthedeceasedasanylossoflife