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2023-03-07 17:04:12 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C1E7D716B6979AD308362B425921F47985F8759D11C2B725E186DDA049C52DE9
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The medical examiner determined Brian Sicknick died of natural causes. https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/medical-examiner-finds-uscp-officer-brian-sicknick-died-natural-causes Media reported on this the same day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/brian-sicknick-death-strokes/2021/04/19/36d2d310-617e-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988876722/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-of-natural-causes-medical-examiner-ru The rioter was charged and sentenced over assault, not Brian Sicknick’s murder, and the court made explicit note of that fact. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/27/politics/sicknick-capitol-attack-khater-tanios-sentencing/index.html
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