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

theguardian.com

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merricksb

The overall topic was discussed 5 days ago here:

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

toomuchtodo

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

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

veritascap

odd

  • meepmorp

    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

    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

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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