I'm not saying you're wrong -- I just haven't read it. I don't read a lot of obviously left/right news, I try to divide my time equally, and to the best of my knowledge there was 1 deceased Capitol Police Officer. I don't know cause of death, I think I recall that they were investigating a singular individual -- but if you have a legitimate source, would love to read it.
The NYT wrongfully (perhaps wilfully) claimed a police officer was struck by a fire extinguisher while physically engaging with protesters. They then quietly retracted this claim, noting that investigators had found little evidence that he was struck by a fire extinguisher. The MSM has been gaslighting the American public by bombarding them with unsubstantiated propaganda.
The police officer who died is now suspected by FBI to be linked to a particular assailant, but through bear spray not fire extinguisher:
“The F.B.I. has pinpointed an assailant in its investigation into the death of Brian D. Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who was injured while fending off the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol last month and later died, according to two law enforcement officials briefed on the inquiry.”
“The F.B.I. opened a homicide investigation into Officer Sicknick’s death soon after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Investigators initially struggled to determine what had happened as he fought assailants. They soon began to suspect his death was related to an irritant, like mace or bear spray, that he had inhaled during the riot. Both officers and rioters were armed with such irritants during the attack.”
“In a significant breakthrough in the case, investigators have now pinpointed a person seen on video of the riot who attacked several officers with bear spray, including Officer Sicknick, according to the officials. And video evidence shows that the assailant discussed attacking officers with the bear spray beforehand, one of the officials said.”
To be clear, FBI bases this on video.
While I won’t call it gaslighting, it seems disingenuous to cite an out of date wikipedia quote or “correct” someone for writing:
> ”a police officer died due to protestor actions”
Which sounds like a perfect characterization of the current FBI thinking.
Sorry, it was a rather long quote. Here’s the evidence bit:
> investigators have now pinpointed a person seen on video of the riot who attacked several officers with bear spray, including Officer Sicknick ... and video evidence shows that the assailant discussed attacking officers with the bear spray beforehand ... F.B.I. officials homed in on the potential role of an irritant as a primary factor in his death.
The full article discusses other pieces of evidence still needed to charge, and notes:
> Given the evidence available to investigators, prosecutors could be more likely to bring charges of assaulting an officer, rather than murder...
Whether the actions were assault or murder the original comment on correlation to actions of a protestor seems within line. The followup comment, to which you replied, reframed as:
> There was 1 deceased Capitol Police Officer ... don't know cause of death ... think I recall that they were investigating a singular individual
All of which sounds accurate as of what’s known at present. Again, seems off to call out the error on the fire extinguisher but not acknowledge the FBI has narrowed down to a suspect from video.
Why should the remarks on the 6th be relevant or considered separate?
Seems clear the President could have stayed back in the White House that day, as he’d made enough remarks for weeks and months to get folks to show up loaded for bear. It’s not like they went shopping after the speech started...
No idea why the remarks that day are seen as the thing as if in a vacuum.
Trump wasn't telling people to plant pipe bombs, at any stage, ever. It was organised and orchestrated solely by his supporters, in the same way that this 4th of March inauguration thing was invented and potentially to be orchestrated purely by his supporters.
Unless you have evidence contrary, we have no idea the ideological lean of whoever placed those bombs. They were planted at both the Democratic and Republican headquarters, remember?
Associating the act with the events on the day that followed is unsubstantiated.
And not associating the act of placing pipe bombs with a riot that occurred the next day is naive.
Planting bombs at both political party headquarters sure seems like the action of someone that is disgruntled with the entire system. Perhaps someone that would go on to riot against the peaceful transfer of power within that system.
Good thing we're on HackerNews and not a court of law then. Cool air of superiority too.
Besides, who placed the bomb, again, does not influence the heinousness of the act. Placing pipe bombs at political party headquarters is an atrocious thing to do, and relevant agencies in DC are right to be on edge about this kind of behaviour. That is not "maximising", it is a prudent course of action.
First, don't ever minimize suicide.
Second, I was talking about the officer who died after being spread by an unknown chemical.
There was a second officer who died by suicide. Third, I don't think the fact the pipe bombs were planted the night before changes anything substantial.
> Brian David Sicknick (July 30, 1978 – January 7, 2021) was an American officer of the United States Capitol Police who died of an unknown cause a day after the 2021 storming of the Capitol.
> The day after the storming, anonymous Capitol police officers told The New York Times that Sicknick sustained his injuries by being struck by a fire extinguisher while physically engaging with protesters. However, no corroborating evidence of this has been discovered, and medical examiners found no signs of blunt force trauma. The New York Times published a correction retracting the previous claim, noting that investigators have found little evidence that he was struck by a fire extinguisher.
