“We honor the service and sacrifices of Officers Brian Sicknick, Howard Liebengood, and Jeffery Smith,” said the acting D.C. police chief.
A second police officer who responded to the violent insurrection that rocked the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, according to testimony obtained by POLITICO.
Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee told House appropriators during a closed-door session on Tuesday that Jeffrey Smith, a D.C. Police officer, and Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood both “took their own lives in the aftermath of that battle.”
Smith’s death had not been disclosed prior to Contee’s testimony.
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A second police officer who responded to the violent insurrection that rocked the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 has died by suicide https://t.co/RAtQEFbgVU
— POLITICO (@politico) January 27, 2021
Hmmm…
Horrible. And the Trumpist line is that accountability is “divisive.”
Accountability is necessary. https://t.co/NxiqVQoYUQ
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 27, 2021
And we are expected by the GOP to just give Trump and others responsible for this a pass?
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