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They DID murder someone. US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick.

by AshleyGrant 6y ago

abernard1 6y ago
He died of a stroke. That's not exactly murder. On the other hand, Capitol police killed 4 unarmed citizens. If this were a BLM rally, and those people were black, we would never hear the end of it. We'd have to "say their name," irrespective of the circumstances of their death. The woman who was killed on video is effectively nameless. She won't receive any encomiums or major press coverage.
- icebraining 6y ago
  I'm not even American and followed the events with idle curiosity, and I already know her name is Babbitt. NPR, The Guardian, NYTimes, etc all have headlines with it.
- ben_w 6y ago
  """Officer Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol and was injured while physically engaging with protesters. He returned to his division office and collapsed. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The death of Officer Sicknick will be investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch, the USCP, and our federal partners.""" - https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-brian-d-sicknick https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-c...
whatshisface 6y ago
Although his death was tragic, it was not an example of the targeted political murders that have occurred in America's past. To put this in context, take a look at some of the other riots that Wikipedians have co-categorized with the 2021 Capitol riot. We should not think of things like the Lincoln assassination as if they are mere founding myths - they happened, were perpetrated by humans with the same nature, and we are all descendants of the people alive at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:White_American_riots_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:White_American_riots_...

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They DID murder someone. US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick.

by AshleyGrant 6y ago

They DID murder someone. US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick.

abernard1 6y ago
He died of a stroke. That's not exactly murder. On the other hand, Capitol police killed 4 unarmed citizens. If this were a BLM rally, and those people were black, we would never hear the end of it. We'd have to "say their name," irrespective of the circumstances of their death. The woman who was killed on video is effectively nameless. She won't receive any encomiums or major press coverage.
- icebraining 6y ago
  I'm not even American and followed the events with idle curiosity, and I already know her name is Babbitt. NPR, The Guardian, NYTimes, etc all have headlines with it.
- ben_w 6y ago
  """Officer Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol and was injured while physically engaging with protesters. He returned to his division office and collapsed. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The death of Officer Sicknick will be investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch, the USCP, and our federal partners.""" - https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-brian-d-sicknick https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-c...
whatshisface 6y ago
Although his death was tragic, it was not an example of the targeted political murders that have occurred in America's past. To put this in context, take a look at some of the other riots that Wikipedians have co-categorized with the 2021 Capitol riot. We should not think of things like the Lincoln assassination as if they are mere founding myths - they happened, were perpetrated by humans with the same nature, and we are all descendants of the people alive at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:White_American_riots_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:White_American_riots_...