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Officer who responded to US Capitol attack is third to die by suicide
- veritascap 5y agoodd
- meepmorp 5y agoIs it? I can see how unexpectedly defending the capitol against a sea of protesters ostensibly trying to overthrow the results of an election would be traumatic. Soldiers get PTSD from their combat experiences, it's completely reasonable for a cop to have the same thing.
- tryingtogetback 5y agoIt is very odd. to the point where it looks staged (Epstein kind of staged) I wouldn't wish a job of being an officer upon anyone these days. I can only imagine what law enforcement officers' family members and loved ones are going through on daily basis Police officers have been a recent target of a nationwide smear campaign ("pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon,") and now they are a target for the terrorist group that attacked capitol, the group that supposedly came out of a social circle that was suppose to support the system and traditional institutions. Cognitive dissonance is big with this one.
- xx511134bz 5y agoMore likely they're being killed by the deep state to preserve the "insurgency" narrative.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThis is stale news. It’s up to four officers. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/officer-who-responded-us-capitol-attack-is-third-die-by-suicide-2021-08-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/officer-who-responded-us-ca...
- eplanit 5y agoIt reminds me of people dying in, or waiting for, ambulances because protestors were blocking the streets, preventing their movement. https://www.kqed.org/news/10426160/patient-died-after-23-minute-delay-for-paramedics-during-berkeley-protests https://www.kqed.org/news/10426160/patient-died-after-23-min...
- merricksb 5y agoThe overall topic was discussed 5 days ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28045935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28045935