by Cullen Linebarger Jan. 27, 2025 2:20 pm

A J6 protester pardoned by Trump was killed by an Indiana police officer over the weekend.

FOX 32 Chicago reported at 4:15 p.m. local time Sunday that 42-year-old Matthew W. Huttle of Hobart, Indiana, was stopped by a Jasper County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop near the Pulaski County line. Police say the deputy attempted to arrest Huttle after stopping him, but the civilian resisted.

The officer responded by firing his weapon and killing Huttle following a supposed fight.

“An altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect,” the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Huttle was one of the over 1,500 political prisoners persecuted by the Biden regime for daring to protest the results of the 2020 Presidential election inside the Capitol. He was arrested in Boise, Idaho on November 28, 2022.

Federal authorities charged Huttle with multiple misdemeanor offenses for recording his entry into the Capitol’s Senate Wing and walking through several locations inside.

The Northwest Indiana Times reported Huttle was sentenced to six months in federal prison before he was released on July 17.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that Huttle was among the J6 protesters pardoned by Trump last week.

Jasper County Sheriff Patrick Williamson released the following statement following the tragic incident:

“For full transparency, I requested the Indiana State Police to investigate this officer-involved shooting. The officer that is involved has been placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard protocol and is our policy in these situations.

“Our condolences go out to the family of the deceased as any loss of life is traumatic to those that were close to Mr. Huttle. I will release the officer’s name once I have approval from the State Police Detectives.”

Fellow J6 political prisoner Richard ‘Bigo” Barnett of Arkansas, who was sentenced to four years in prison for bogus offenses after putting his feet on Pelosi’s desk during the protest, raised suspicions regarding the incident while noting his own experience on J6.

“I want to know every d*mn detail,” Barnett wrote. “Right now I would be pretty touchy if someone tried to arrest me and put me through hell again and they better have a valid reason. I live in a right to carry state. Indiana is also a right to carry state.”