A Tennessee congressman is being sued by a guy who was briefly handcuffed during the turmoil that followed a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally. The lawmaker made bogus accusations about the man on social media that he was one of the shooters and an illegal immigrant.
MISSION, Kansas — A Tennessee congressman is being sued by a guy who was briefly handcuffed during the turmoil that followed a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally. The lawmaker made bogus accusations about the man on social media that he was one of the shooters and an illegal immigrant.
Rep. Tim Burchett is the target of a federal complaint filed this week by Denton Loudermill Jr. of Olathe, Kansas, who claims that Burchett’s comments were “highly offensive, derogatory in the extreme, and defamatory.”
Representing an east Tennessee district, Burchett is a Republican now in his third term in office. His spokesperson, Rachel Partlow, stated that the office won’t discuss matters that are currently in litigation.
A well-known DJ was killed and over twenty people were injured in the shooting that happened on February 14 outside Kansas City, Missouri’s historic Union Station. Many of the injured were youngsters. Loudermill is requesting more than $75,000 in damages; he is not one of the people charged.
According to the lawsuit, Loudermill froze in the heart of the commotion when shooting broke out, staying there for so long that when he eventually moved away, police had taped off the crime scene.
He attempted to exit by slipping beneath the tape, but was halted by officers who informed him that his pace was “too slow.” According to the lawsuit, after handcuffing him and placing him on a curb, individuals started snapping photos of him and sharing them on social media.
In the end, Loudermill was led out of the vicinity and given the all-clear to go.
MISSION, Kansas — A Tennessee congressman is being sued by a guy who was briefly handcuffed during the turmoil that followed a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally. The lawmaker made bogus accusations about the man on social media that he was one of the shooters and an illegal immigrant.
Rep. Tim Burchett is the target of a federal complaint filed this week by Denton Loudermill Jr. of Olathe, Kansas, who claims that Burchett’s comments were “highly offensive, derogatory in the extreme, and defamatory.”
Representing an east Tennessee district, Burchett is a Republican now in his third term in office. His spokesperson, Rachel Partlow, stated that the office won’t discuss matters that are currently in litigation.
A well-known DJ was killed and over twenty people were injured in the shooting that happened on February 14 outside Kansas City, Missouri’s historic Union Station. Many of the injured were youngsters. Loudermill is requesting more than $75,000 in damages; he is not one of the people charged.
According to the lawsuit, Loudermill froze in the heart of the commotion when shooting broke out, staying there for so long that when he eventually moved away, police had taped off the crime scene.
He attempted to exit by slipping beneath the tape, but was halted by officers who informed him that his pace was “too slow.” According to the lawsuit, after handcuffing him and placing him on a curb, individuals started snapping photos of him and sharing them on social media.
In the end, Loudermill was led out of the vicinity and given the all-clear to go.
Born and bred in the United States, Loudermill is alleged in the lawsuit to have never been detained, cited, or arrested in connection with the shooting. The lawsuit emphasizes that he was not involved in the argument that led to the shooting and that he didn’t know any of the teenagers or young adults involved.
However, a photo of Loudermill appeared on Burchett’s X (previously known as Twitter) account the following day. The statement, “One of the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade shooters has been identified as an illegal alien,” was written above the image.
In a follow-up on February 18, the identification of the “illegal alien” was attributed to inaccurate press reporting. However, the post—which was part of the lawsuit—continued to refer to the man in handcuffs sitting on the curb as “one of the shooters.”
According to the lawsuit, the “false assertions” were shared and extensively disseminated to over a million individuals globally.
According to the lawsuit, Loudermill is an employee of a car wash and not a well-known person. He is also described as a “contributing member of his African-American family, a family with deep and long roots in his Kansas community.”
According to the lawsuit, he was periodically plagued by “anxiety, agitation, and sleep disruption” and received death threats.
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