A woman convicted for participating in the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has asked a judge to order the U.S. Senate not to hang a plaque thanking the Capitol Police because it does not also honor the rioters.
After the Senate unanimously agreed to hang the Jan. 6 plaque last week, Cindy Lou Young filed an emergency motion seeking an injunction to prevent law enforcement from being honored.
"This case presents a question of extraordinary constitutional and historical consequence: whether the federal government may permanently entrench a selective and self‑serving account of January 6, 2021 on public grounds while excluding entire categories of individuals who were killed, injured, prosecuted, or otherwise irrevocably affected by the same event," the motion stated.
"By selectively honoring law‑enforcement institutions while excluding civilians who were killed, injured, prosecuted, or otherwise harmed, the government converts remembrance into institutional self‑vindication," the filing added.
Young's motion also complained that the existing plaque did not acknowledge "federal infiltration of the crowd."
"Permanently enjoin Defendants from installing or displaying any January 6, 2021 memorial or plaque that omits entire categories of affected individuals," she demanded. "Prohibit Defendants from presenting a selective account as comprehensive historical fact."
