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US Capitol police officer who died after violent assault loved his job
This image released by the US Capitol Police (USCP) on Jan 8, 2021, shows USCP Officer Brian D Sicknick. (Photo: AFP/US Capitol Police)
10 Jan 2021 07:35AM (Updated:
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WASHINGTON: His first big assignment was working at former President Barack Obama s inauguration in 2009. Officer Brian Sicknick had just been sworn in with the US Capitol Police Department, fulfilling a lifelong dream. He loved his job, his father, Charles Sicknick, said in an interview with Reuters. I ll never get over this.
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Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick died Thursday from injuries sustained in Wednesday s riot after allegedly being hit over the head with a fire extinguisher
Charles Sicknick, 81, said he wants some good to come out of the tragedy If any good comes out of my son s death, I just hope that it stops all the lunacy that s been going on in this country, the devastated dad told Reuters
U.S. Capital Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, was bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher and pepper sprayed as hundreds of Trump supporters overwhelmed law enforcement and stormed into the building, authorities said. Sicknick died from injuries a day later.
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By Linda So
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - His first big assignment was working at former President Barack Obamaâs inauguration in 2009. Officer Brian Sicknick had just been sworn in with the U.S. Capitol Police Department, fulfilling a lifelong dream.
âHe loved his job,â his father, Charles Sicknick, said in an interview with Reuters. âIâll never get over this.â
Sicknick, 42, died Thursday night, a day after physically engaging with a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol where lawmakers had just begun a formal vote to certify Democrat Joe Bidenâs victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
U.S. Capital Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, was bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher and pepper sprayed as hundreds of Trump supporters overwhelmed law enforcement and stormed into the building, authorities said. Sicknick died from injuries a day later.