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2023-08-09 15:49:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FC6AD48D8AB9F4899FBEBA36364F1A31371DB29E498D06EEE1A85BF09746FC3F
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Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick was not killed. The medical examiner determined that he died of natural causes on January 7, 2021. No one has been charged in his death. https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/medical-examiner-finds-uscp-officer-brian-sicknick-died-natural-causes Other officers committed suicide days to months later. Only one of them was Capitol Police. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/
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