On Jan. 6, some Antifa members carrying skull and crossbones flags, posing as Trump supporters, stormed the Capitol and clashed with police.
CNN has reported that according to the coroner’s autopsy report, the remains of the Capitol police officer who died in the January 6 storming of the Capitol did not show signs of blunt force trauma. The media outlet had previously reported that the police officer was killed by Trump supporters with a fire extinguisher.
CNN quoted a law enforcement official as saying in the report that the medical examiner found no signs of blunt force trauma to the officer, so investigators believe that early reports that he was struck by a fire extinguisher were incorrect.
One possible cause of death, investigators said, was that the officer became ill from a chemical irritant such as pepper spray that was used that day. However, investigators have not been able to confirm this possibility after reviewing video of his presence around the Capitol. As seen in numerous videos that have surfaced online, police did use pepper spray, water spray guns and violent repression against protesters during the Jan. 6 clashes.
Authorities announced later that the riot resulted in the death of four protesters and one Capitol Police officer. According to the official website of the Capitol Police Department, Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer, collapsed after returning to his department office around 9:30 p.m. that night and died after being taken to the hospital.
Subsequently, a number of so-called “mainstream media”, including CNN, quoted anonymous officials as saying that Sicknick was “killed by protesters with a fire extinguisher” during the clash. But a police spokesman has consistently denied the claim, calling the media reports “inaccurate.
The National File, a conservative news site, commented that the “mainstream media” was trying to blame the police officer’s death on “violent Trump supporters The mainstream media is trying to blame the police officer’s death on “violent Trump supporters,” using the officer’s death as a trigger to build hatred for Trump and conservatives.
In addition, Siknik’s Family stressed in a statement that they did not want to “politicize” Siknik’s death.
Shortly after the incident, Sicknick’s brother, Ken Sicknick, told the nonprofit news organization ProPublica that his brother was simply pepper-sprayed during the confrontation.
“He (Bryan) texted me last night and said, ‘I got pepper-sprayed twice,’ but he’s in good shape. Apparently he collapsed at the Capitol and they resuscitated him with CPR.” Ken said.
And at one point the day after the incident (Jan. 7), Gus Papathanasiou, president of the Capitol Police union, announced that a 40-year-old Capitol police officer had died of a stroke while on the job on the 6th. But 30 minutes later, Papathanasiou changed his story and said that he had prematurely announced the death of the policeman, who had not yet died and was still in the hospital on Life support until his family arrived.
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