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Posted on 02/11/2021 8:53:05 AM PST by Kaslin
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Recently, RedState reported on a CNN article that included a very interesting passage regarding the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who passed sometime after the Capitol riot on January 6th. Though a story that he had been beaten to death by a fire extinguisher had spread far and wide in the media, it turns out that an investigation found no signs of trauma on his body, nor have investigators been able to find any video of him sustaining wounds that could have taken his life. The latest theory by investigators is that he may have had a reaction to pepper spray being used that day, though that’s purely speculation at this point.
The grander point is that there’s a lot that we don’t know about the Capitol riot. There are also a lot of narratives, some carefully crafted by partisans, that simply lack the evidentiary backing to be disseminated. Two things can be true. The Capitol riot can be an egregious act by a moronic group of people, and the facts and context of what actually happened, not just what fits a political narrative, can still matter.
Enter Tucker Carlson, who not only noted the mystery surrounding Officer Sicknick’s death, but also a myriad of other uncomfortable questions about January 6th.
One of the things Tucker talks about is the idea that five people died as a direct result of the riots, a statement that has been made more times than one can count by the news media. In regards to what we actually know right now, he notes that one person died of what appears to have been a heart attack while on the phone with his wife. Another man had a stroke, and there’s no evidence he was even part of the riot that day. Another woman died after passing out, possibly being trampled by the crowd as a result.
In other words, of the five people listed as dying that day due to the riots, three of them were unquestionably accidental. Does that fact make their deaths any less tragic? Of course not, but it does provide context to the idea that a rabid mob, as bad as their behavior was, was simply murdering people without care that day.
The fourth person to die that day was Ashley Babbitt, a woman who had entered the Capitol Building that day. As Tucker notes, she’s the only one whose circumstances of death are essentially confirmed. She was shot by a police officer while attempting to crawl through a broken window. The bullet hit her in the neck and she died shortly after.
That brings us to Sicknick. His death has been heavily politicized, including an apparently false death story spread by mainstream outlets for a month. Yet, the mystery surrounding what actually happened to him remains. What is looking more likely is that his death, like the first three people discussed, was accidental. Perhaps he had a stroke due to exposure to peppery spray earlier in the day? Perhaps he had another comorbidity that led to his death? We simply don’t know, but the fact that a question may be uncomfortable (or that it might blow up a chosen narrative) should not remove it from the discussion of what happened to him.
Again, none of the more recent facts discussed on Tucker’s show, nor the added context they bring, excuse the crowd that stormed the Capitol that day. But to proclaim one must believe the most sensationalized reports, even if proven false, or that it means you tacitly support the riot is a false dichotomy and intellectual laziness. Facts and context always matter, and they should matter here. Reporters shouldn’t be afraid to find answers, nor should media outlets and social media platforms be afraid to let the facts speak for themselves.
They have made Sicknick into a martyr and apparently a false one at that. It is not 100% confirmed but his death and the multiple suicides of Capitol Hill officers have successfully been blamed on all who believe that the election was full of fraud.
Couldn’t open it must sign up first thanks anyway.
Why would it be empty and locked? January 6 was a Wednesday, the critters were working. The only one who was not in her office was that idiot from New York AOC, she was miles away in another part of town. She lied when she claimed she was attacked by Ted Cruz
And how many people were at the rally and what % of that greater mass went through the Capitol? National Park Service must have a number and it is no place to be found.
David Schoen Trump Attorney generally says, You are watching a movie. It was a hired production. referring to the capital attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FulRdPiLlaU
The only reporter I know of that works for any of the MSM is Catherine Herridge who now works for CBS News. She formerly worked for Fox News, but left a year or two ago. She probably was not blonde enough for Fox.
Exactly, this is just a circus, the GOP should be ashamed to allow it without be and showing outrage.
She has military background, she could have been working for the Deep State and was killed by friendly fire. That is a definite possibility. In any case it needs to be discussed and investigated.
“And if MAGA decided to riot, it would be blatantly obvious, and not subject to debate.”
As some talking head mentioned (can’t recall who), the MAGA crowd is a 2nd Amendment crowd, and the majority are gun owners. If they had come to DC that day with ill intentions, they would’ve been armed. If that were so, it would have been more than a simple “riot”.
I can’t find a burial. Her Grave Memorial 220753585
When Ashli Babbitt is killed, not so much.
The only one who was not in her office was that idiot from New York AOC, She was in her office. Her office is in the cannon building not the capitol building.
As perennial presidential candidate Pat Paulson used to say, "Picky, picky, picky!"
The fact remains that someone surely died somewhere in or near the Capitol on or about the 6th of January for some reason - hence the protestors are guilty of Murder and Insurrection and Trump is guilty of Incitement to Insurrection!
Get with the program, will yuh?
Regards,
If the “Cabal”, as Time magazine called them, coordinated with BLM/Antifa to riot during the campaign, they probably did so on January 6 at the Capitol, as well. Why is this Cabal not a criminal conspiracy?
I’m not signed up for anything and can read it fine.
“Tell us who she really is. If not Ashli Babbitt, then who?”
Good question, but wasn’t she an intelligence officer in the Air Force? That seems like a red flag.
Police got their Cwrtificate Of Vaccination IDentification 2019 (coronavirus “vaccine”) already as first responders. Stroke is clearly a potential outcome, ask the dead doctor in Florida.
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