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Officer Brian Sicknick's death

The death of Officer Brian Sicknick and the subsequent medical findings and their impact on the narrative of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack

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Jan 25, 2026
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How have media reports about Brian Sicknick’s death evolved, and what did official medical findings conclude?

Coverage of ’s death shifted from early reports that he was bludgeoned or fatally exposed to a chemical irritant during the attack to a consensus grounded in the medical examiner’s ruling that he suff...

Feb 6, 2026

How many officers sustained nonfatal injuries on January 6 2021 according to federal reports in 2021?

Federal reporting in 2021 counted roughly 140 law-enforcement officers who sustained nonfatal physical injuries in the attack on the , with ’s public findings characterizing the toll as “more than 140...