It’s been more than a month since Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died following the Jan. 6 riot the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
We say ‘died’ because there is, so far, no clear evidence that he was “murdered” or “killed by rioters,” as the mainstream media and Democrats have been saying all along.
Now, here’s a caveat: We’re not at all trying to diminish the officer’s death, not by a long shot. Plus, we have not condoned nor will we ever condone the violence that took place that day.
But in an age where, suddenly, Democrats and their sycophant lapdogs in academia and the left-wing commentariat are making distinct noises about adopting some really dystopian, draconian measures to ‘protect the country’ against ‘domestic terrorists’ and malcontents who bear a very close resemblance to the average supporter of former President Donald Trump — the vast majority of which a) also don’t condone violence; and b) haven’t done anything at all to threaten the internal security of America. In fact, most of them believe Democrats and their media pals are actually endangering the country.
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In any event, all that said, Americans have a right to know what exactly happened to Sicknick, a 12-year police force and Air National Guard vet, especially now in a country full of gaslighting conspiracy theorists with microphones and lawmaking abilities.
But we’re not going to be able to find out — at least, not anytime soon.
“The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will release the cause and manner of death when this information is available,” spokesperson Cheryle Adams said in an email to Just the News.
“OCME medical examiners comply with the National Association of Medical Examiners’ standard to determine the cause and manner of death within 90 days; however, for cases that are more complex it could be longer,” Adams said.
Well, wait. For weeks after the riot, the media and Democrats all claimed that Sicknick was “killed” by rioters — specifically, that he was struck about the head with a fire extinguisher.
We’re not medical examiners around here, but that’s blunt force trauma and it would be fairly easy to determine if that was Sicknick’s cause of death.
Even the Capitol Police insinuated that his death was the result of violence by rioters.
Sicknick “passed away due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” officials initially said, further noting that he “was injured while physically engaging with protesters” during the riot.
“He returned to his division office and collapsed,” Capitol Police wrote in a Jan. 7 statement. “He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.” His death would be summarily investigated by homicide detectives, they added.
Just the News noted:
According to early media reports based on unnamed sources, Sicknick died in a particularly gruesome manner, after being clubbed in the head with a fire extinguisher.
Professional and amateur sleuths scoured social media and other sources to uncover the alleged killer — and in the process, found a video posted to YouTube that appears to bolster the notion that someone threw a fire extinguisher at police. The video depicts a man apparently hurling a metal cylinder Jan. 6 at a group of officers on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace.
“The object appears to strike one officer, who was wearing a helmet, in the head,” an FBI Special Agent wrote Jan. 13 in a statement of facts. “The object then ricochets and strikes another officer, who was not wearing a helmet, in the head. The object then ricochets a third time and strikes a third officer, wearing a helmet, in the head. Immediately after throwing the object, the Subject moves quickly in the opposite direction.”
The FBI said that Capitol Police Officer William Young would ID himself as the one struck by the fire extinguisher.
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The Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to the outlet that it’s hard telling when the autopsy report will be released.
“Therefore, when this information is available and the decedent’s next of kin has been notified, I will provide you with the cause and manner of death,” Adams wrote.
If it looks and smells like a cover-up…and if we’re wrong, fine.
Prove it, Capitol Police.
