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Officer who responded to US Capitol attack is third to die by suicide

theguardian.com

14 points by Max-20 4 years ago · 7 comments

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merricksb 4 years ago

The overall topic was discussed 5 days ago here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28045935

toomuchtodo 4 years ago

This is stale news. It’s up to four officers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/officer-who-responded-us-ca...

veritascap 4 years ago

odd

  • meepmorp 4 years ago

    Is it? I can see how unexpectedly defending the capitol against a sea of protesters ostensibly trying to overthrow the results of an election would be traumatic. Soldiers get PTSD from their combat experiences, it's completely reasonable for a cop to have the same thing.

  • tryingtogetback 4 years ago

    It is very odd. to the point where it looks staged (Epstein kind of staged)

    I wouldn't wish a job of being an officer upon anyone these days. I can only imagine what law enforcement officers' family members and loved ones are going through on daily basis

    Police officers have been a recent target of a nationwide smear campaign ("pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon,") and now they are a target for the terrorist group that attacked capitol, the group that supposedly came out of a social circle that was suppose to support the system and traditional institutions. Cognitive dissonance is big with this one.

eplanit 4 years ago

It reminds me of people dying in, or waiting for, ambulances because protestors were blocking the streets, preventing their movement.

https://www.kqed.org/news/10426160/patient-died-after-23-min...

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