Current Events > Fire Extinguisher - deceased Capitol Cop

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Trying to wipe this from my mind


NY Times
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Tracey Tully

• Jan. 8, 2021

WASHINGTON Brian Sicknick followed his Air National Guard unit to Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan and a military base in his home state of New Jersey, all in the hopes of one day wearing a police uniform. It was a wish fulfilled more than 10 years ago when he joined the police department tasked with protecting the U.S. Capitol.
Then on Wednesday, pro-Trump rioters attacked that citadel of democracy, overpowered Mr. Sicknick, 42, and struck him in the head with a fire extinguisher, according to two law enforcement officials. With a bloody gash in his head, Mr. Sicknick was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. He died on Thursday evening.
Brian is a hero, his brother Ken Sicknick said. That is what we would like people to remember.
The death of Officer Sicknick amplified the nations grief in the wake of the shocking attack on the Capitol by rioters, inflamed by President Trumps calls to stop Congress from counting electoral votes and officially declaring Joseph R. Biden Jr. the winner of Novembers election. One of those rioters, Ashli Babbitt, also died in the melee, shot by a police officer as she tried to push her way into the heavily protected Speakers Lobby, just outside the House chamber.
In all, five have died since the riot began, though three of them were not killed by hostile action. But the beating of an officer brought waves of condolences from lawmakers in both parties still reeling from the event. It also exposed one of the many contradictions of the Trump presidency in his final weeks in the Oval Office. A president who campaigned as a law and order candidate, boasting about his relationships with police unions and demonizing those protesting racist policing, incited a riot that led to the death of a member of the law enforcement community.
Its a bunch of nonsense, William J. Bratton, the former New York City police commissioner, said of Mr. Trumps pledges to the police, though he used a stronger word. It was a misappropriation of the term law and order.
Justice Department officials said during a news conference on Friday that they were investigating the circumstances of Mr. Sicknicks death, but would not say whether it was a federal murder investigation. One official said that felony murder is always in play, but that investigators needed to complete their work.


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thanks for including pic, wasn't sure what fire extinguisher was

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viewmaster_pi posted...

thanks for including pic, wasn't sure what fire extinguisher was

You are welcome.

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