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American police officer (1978–2021)
Two different tallies circulate: , and others — including several law enforcement officers who died in the days, weeks or months afterward — bring a broader count often reported as connected to the ev...
The record shows that at least one on-duty law enforcement officer, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, died the day after the January 6, 2021, attack, and multiple other officers who responde...
At least 138–174 law enforcement officers were reported injured in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, with dozens suffering concussions, traumatic brain injuries, cracked ribs, spinal da...
Five deaths are commonly cited in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol when counting deaths that occurred on or immediately after the violence on the Capitol grounds: four c...
The headline answer is this: official contemporaneous counts reported four people dead on January 6, 2021, with several additional law-enforcement officers dying in the days, weeks and months afterwar...
The most reliable, multi-source accounting concludes that — a figure that combines four people in the crowd and three law-enforcement officers who later took their own lives, according to a bipartisan...
The death toll from the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is contested in public reporting because counts depend on whether deaths that occurred days or months later and those of law‑enforce...
Officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, sustained a wide spectrum of injuries ranging from concussions and traumatic brain injuries to broken bones, lacerations, chemical exposure, ...
Reporting and official findings show that no law-enforcement officer was ruled to have been murdered on January 6, 2021; U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died the next day of natural causes ...
The number of people who died “as a direct result” of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot depends on definitions and which deaths are counted; contemporary reporting and official summaries most commonly ...
Multiple reputable sources identify the person who died on January 6, 2021, as Ashli Babbitt — a participant in the Capitol breach who was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer while attemptin...
About 140 law‑enforcement officers were assaulted on January 6, 2021, with reporting documenting a wide range of wounds from bruises and lacerations to concussions, cracked ribs, spinal damage, loss o...
Available reporting says no law-enforcement officers were killed on January 6, 2021 itself, though multiple officers who responded to the attack later died — including Officer Brian Sicknick, who died...
Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, collapsed at work and died the day after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; the D.C. medical examiner ruled his death “natural causes” after he suffered two s...
The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick died of natural causes — specifically "acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts du...
Medical examiners did not rule any U.S. Capitol Police officers’ deaths from January 6, 2021, as homicides; the high-profile Capitol Police death referenced in official statements, Officer Brian Sickn...
The available reporting and fact‑checks show , when a Capitol Police officer shot her as she attempted to climb through a broken door. Other fatalities connected to that day include Capitol Police Off...
Officer Brian Sicknick died shortly after the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack and the District of Columbia medical examiner ruled his death — acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts caused by strokes —...
Multiple reputable accounts and official statements say one law enforcement officer — U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick — died directly after January 6, 2021, and several other officers who r...
Capitol Police officers reported a wide range of injuries immediately after the January 6 attack, from concussions and traumatic brain injuries to broken ribs, smashed spinal discs, loss of an eye, st...