#FactCheck

Capitol Police officer #BrianSicknick, who was attacked w/pepper spray & battled the #violent #Trump supporters during the #insurrection, died after suffering strokes the next day; the ME found that Sicknick died of “natural causes”, but told WaPo that “all that transpired played a role in his condition.”

4 other police officers who defended the Capitol on #Jan6 subsequently died by suicide after the trauma of the attack.

https://www.newsweek.com/3-capitol-police-officers-have-died-suicide-since-january-6-insurrection-1615452

4 Capitol Police Officers Have Died by Suicide Since the January 6 Insurrection

Authorities announced that two more D.C. police officers who responded to the U.S. Capitol insurrection have died by suicide.

^{Jon Jackson (Newsweek)}