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Widow of D.C. officer who died by suicide after Jan. 6 says $500,000 verdict was "a relief that all the fighting was worth it"

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Jeffrey Smith , 35 , was one of the D.C. police officers beaten and injured during the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 .

He died by suicide in January 2021 , as he was driving to work for the first time since the Capitol riot.

Smith 's widow, Erin Smith , is pressing the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington to include her late husband's name in an honorary ceremony next May .

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