A Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protester has appealed a federal judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the FBI for allegedly violating his constitutional rights during a June 2021 raid of his home.
Siaka Massaquoi, an African-American actor who participated in the Jan. 6 event, initially sued the FBI last July, a month after about 20 armed agents raided his North Hollywood home. A federal judge tossed the lawsuit on April 11, but Massaquoi’s appeal was entered in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week.
According to the lawsuit, the FBI broke into his home “to chill, silence, and retaliate against the exercise of free speech and assembly by Massaquoi and other U.S. citizens that disagree with the viewpoints and agendas of elected officials and prevailing thought in the political world, and to intimidate citizens from expressing their political opinions and beliefs.”
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