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minikites | 4 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_att...

>Brian Sicknick, a 42-year-old responding Capitol Police officer, was pepper-sprayed during the riot, and had two thromboembolic strokes the next day, after which he was placed on life support, and soon died.

>In the immediate aftermath of the attack, some members of Congress and press reports included these two suicides in the number of reported casualties, for a total of seven deaths. In July, two more members of law enforcement who responded to the attack died by suicide.

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sennight|4 years ago

Yeah, so murder by... bullying? Guilt tripping? The shamelessness of the lying is impressive.

kthejoker2|4 years ago

We can quibble over what is a "murder", but assigning blame of a suicide due to PTSD on the cause of the trauma is not a new concept.