Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes after defending Capitol on January 6, medical examiner

[SheltieLover]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brian-sicknick-capitol-riot-died-natural-causes/

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes a day after defending the Capitol during the January 6 assault, the D.C. medical examiner's office announced Monday. Sicknick was previously believed to have died from injuries sustained during the riot.

Sicknick died from strokes, the chief medical examiner's office said in a report summary, citing "acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to acute basilar artery thrombosis." In an interview with The Washington Post, chief medical examiner Francisco J. Diaz said Sicknick suffered two strokes at the base of his brainstem caused by a clot in an artery.

At approximately 2:20 p.m. on January 6, Sicknick was sprayed with a chemical substance outside the Capitol, the office said. He collapsed eight hours later and died the following evening.

Wth????? More at link.

[MadLinguist]

1. reminds me of the Derek Chauvin defense

[SheltieLover]

2. My thought exactly!

ME needs to be investigated and, imo, family shoould order their own report.

[FSogol]

4. Aren't there some automobiles in DC? Perhaps it was carbon monoxide!

[rampartc]

3. if the teller has a heart attack while i'm robbing a bank .......

the crime is still "homicide."

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I believe it's called a Federal Murder

The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.

The concept of felony murder originates in the rule of transferred intent, which is older than the limit of legal memory. In its original form, the malicious intent inherent in the commission of any crime, however trivial, was considered to apply to any consequences of that crime regardless of intent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule#:~:text=The%20rule%20of%20felony%20murder,the%20offender%27s%20accomplices%20or%20co%2D

[Lettuce Be]

6. He may have had Takotsubo - a heart issue that can be caused by severe stress

This is nicknamed "Broken Heart Syndrome" but that doesn't begin to cover it. It's a heart event (I had an attack two years ago - though in my case it wasn't an emotional stress that triggered it but a physical stress) where the heart changes shape to resemble a Japanese fishing pot for trapping octopus. These traps have a round bottom with a narrow neck, hence the name Takotsubo. Most often affects women but not all the time.

Stress floods your body with adrenaline, the ‘fight or flight’ hormone. Conditions like anxiety disorders and panic attacks are closely linked to excess adrenaline. It's thought adrenaline overdrive may be at least partly responsible for Takotsubo.

The fact he had a stroke proves he had a severe stress incident -- yeah, no kidding. This won't be the end of it for Sicknick.

If you want more info, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

[Hekate]

7. You know, this "finding" is as fishy as hell, and I would not let it stand if he were my family...

He was beaten and abused in all sorts of ways and that bear spray is a chemical weapon. No. Just no.