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Two more police officers die by suicide after defending Capitol during riot by pro-Trump mob, tally now 4
cnbc ^ | 8/3/2021 (updated) | Kevin Breuninger, Dan Mangan

Posted on 08/03/2021 9:03:33 AM PDT by Eddie01

Two more Washington, D.C., police officers died by suicide in the months after defending the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters, bringing the grim tally of such deaths to four.

One of those cops, 43-year-old Gunther Hashida, was found dead at his home last Thursday, according to a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan (D.C.) Police Department.

Hashida, joined the MPD in May 2003, and most recently was assigned to the emergency response team within the Special Operations Division.

Hours later, the MPD confirmed that another officer from the same department, Kyle deFreytag, died by suicide, and was found July 10.

DeFreytag, 26, had been with the department since November 2016.

A crowdfunding page set up Sunday to pay for a memorial service for Hashida, and to support his family, as of Monday night had raised more than $68,000 from more than 1,500 donors.

The GoFundMe page, which has a $250,000 donation target, said Hashida “leaves behind a loving wife, sister, 3 children, and a wonderful family.”

An online obituary for deFreytag said he “liked hiking, camping, riding his motorcycle, he liked traveling and playing the drums, he enjoyed trying different ethnic foods and always knew the best places to eat.”

“Kyle was kind, he had a quick wit and a great sense of humor & kept us laughing for 26 years,” the obituary said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arkancide; capitol; capitolpolice; capitolriot; deathbeforedishonor; jan6; police; search; suicide
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To: Eddie01

The witness list grows shorter...


81 posted on 08/03/2021 10:09:24 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: silverleaf

#14. Just asking: They knew too much???

We need to know the physical and mental health status of each “claimed” suicide person. If they were veteran police officers, then why kill themselves? I don’t see officers from Marxist besieged cities like Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, etc. killing themselves.

The old adage “Don’t believe the hype” could apply here. We need facts, not leftist news media babble and bullshit.

My condolences to the families of these officers and any other who died in the line of duty or because of associated problems. My son was a federal police officer and a very good one. Our family “BACKS THE BLUE”.


82 posted on 08/03/2021 10:09:29 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Eddie01

Sometimes known as Arkancide.


83 posted on 08/03/2021 10:10:29 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Supporting your social media is more harmful to the country than voting Democrat)
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To: rktman

No...the Mechanic must charge by the hour!


84 posted on 08/03/2021 10:10:35 AM PDT by gr8eman (When you're bought and paid for by commies...you're a commie!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Probably not necessary anymore. There is a new hangman on the dole.


85 posted on 08/03/2021 10:12:58 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Eddie01

At this point I would say that these are assisted suicides.


86 posted on 08/03/2021 10:15:01 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Eddie01

And why only that department?

We know why, and the Democrats hate the police but will use them for their political benefit.

Yet, law enforcement suicides nationwide, are ignored by the Democrat Leftist media.

38 law enforcement officers nationwide lost to suicide so far this year
April 21, 2021
More have died by suicide since that report 4 months ago.

https://ktul.com/news/local/2021-officer-deaths


87 posted on 08/03/2021 10:15:39 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: SeekAndFind
Vince Foster? Nah, it was investigated by a current SCJ and determined to have been a fer real suicide!

(No keys in the pockets when found at Ft Marcy Park (Whaa? Why was the car there? Craig Livingstone showed up at the autopsy and returned the poor mans missing keys!) Read a story that Autopsy missed a 22 cal shot to the neck IIRC?? (unsure about this.)

We have been watching stuff like this on F/R for a little while now. Sadly these poor boys decided to sleep on the railroad tracks. "sarc off"

Fahmy Malak

His Obit

88 posted on 08/03/2021 10:16:50 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: KC_Lion

“Dead men tell no tales...of obeying stand down orders from members of congress they can identify. “

One more time for the people in the back!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hopefully not the old arkancide: 2 shots in the back of the head


89 posted on 08/03/2021 10:18:26 AM PDT by thinden
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To: cgbg
I can't see killing all of them.

I suspect they were under a lot of pressure from Pelosi and her team, and all the confusion about 1/6 may have gotten to them.

There ought to be an investigation, but we know who would be running it.

90 posted on 08/03/2021 10:18:58 AM PDT by x (Colossus: In time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love. )
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To: x

A phony investigation will just get more witnesses murdered.


91 posted on 08/03/2021 10:21:14 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just thinking about Vince Foster who committed suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head.


92 posted on 08/03/2021 10:26:57 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Those are the boys featured on Unsolved Mysteries, no?

Hadn’t even heard of BillyBoy at that point. I remember that episode quite well. Surprised Robert Stack didn’t go missing right away.


93 posted on 08/03/2021 10:36:11 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. )
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To: silverleaf

lol!


94 posted on 08/03/2021 10:39:14 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: silverleaf

I suspect these are the Special Operations Division police for example who FOLLOWED Ashli Babbitt,Trump supporters and others including Antifa/BLM (provocateurs) up the stairs and watched her get blown out of the window by a fellow officer on the other side and then rendering first aid to no avail. There seemed to be no communication with various police as some strong armed,others passive and most clueless like in the corridor where Ashli was murdered.


95 posted on 08/03/2021 10:47:46 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Veto!

And then put a 38 in his mouth and pulled the trigger ...


96 posted on 08/03/2021 10:47:59 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Alas Babylon!
4 Suicides in 7 months. Match that to other big city police departments and you won’t find much difference

Good point. Checking the numbers... In 2019 in the U.S., 228 LE officers died by suicide, most of them in NY, CA, TX, and FL:

https://www.policemag.com/536451/report-228-american-police-officers-died-by-suicide-in-2019

I can't find numbers for the MPDC or the numbers for 2020, but an alarmingly high number of LE officers take their own lives.

Still, we don't know what exactly happened to these four DC officers. Not enough details, yet.

Condolences to their families...

97 posted on 08/03/2021 11:01:07 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Eddie01
This didn't happen in Fort Marcy Park, did it?

That seems to be the place for people to die after they've become a liability to the regime.

98 posted on 08/03/2021 11:05:02 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Eddie01

Guys who were doing their job on 1/6 find themselves turned into political puppets by the Democrats. Now they find themselves asking... https://themajority.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Are-We-The-Baddies-758x426.jpg


99 posted on 08/03/2021 11:09:14 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: Eddie01

No comment from Serpico the Liberal?


100 posted on 08/03/2021 11:22:49 AM PDT by DPMD
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