I have not seen the lawsuit, but here are two guesses: 1) The lawyer is a SJW working on contingency, and is involved as an act of self-promotion. 2) There are additional defendants that the plaintiff hopes can be blackmailed into “settling” to avoid negative publicity. Fields’ car insurance company? “Right-wing” organizers and promoters of the protest?
The City, Terry MacAuliffe, and the State Police all had a hand in creating the circumstances that led to the death and injuries, but somehow I doubt this plaintiff is going to argue that.
You are totally right, it’s pathetic.