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2025-01-06 15:53:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FC28A706C12D19A16BD2819A796522BFAA58DC914CD0C6F29ACFD3DE3FF83738
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No officers were killed by the January 6 Capitol riot. The medical examiner found Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, i.e. "not hastened by an injury" on January 7, 2021. Others committed suicide in the following months. https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/medical-examiner-finds-uscp-officer-brian-sicknick-died-natural-causes https://dcist.com/story/21/04/19/d-c-medical-examiner-rules-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-had-two-strokes-died-of-natural-causes/ https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/
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