U.S. prosecutors release video of rioters spraying Officer Brian Sicknick in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Video footage released Wednesday of the January attack on the Capitol shows the moments when rioters appeared to spray an unknown substance at Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, forcing him to retreat behind police lines.

Sicknick, 42, was among the vastly outnumbered officers attempting to hold back a violent crowd on the west side of the Capitol at around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 6. He died the next day of natural causes, officials said, and has been hailed as a hero.

The video has been played in federal court at hearings for men charged with assaulting Sicknick by spraying a chemical irritant. Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of W.Va. are charged with assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to impede or injure an officer and other related counts. Neither man is charged in Sicknick’s death, which the D.C. medical examiner’s office concluded was the result of strokes.

The videos show the moments when Sickick was sprayed and capture him trying to wash his eyes after being hit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/sicknick-attack-video/

[msfiddlestix]

1. The medical officials, who claim he died of "natural causes"

seem like plucked right out of George Floyd's Defense team.

FBI needs to review that report post haste.

[hardluck]

2. Where's the bear spray?

Looks like that guy had a pepper spray container in his hand although I couldn't tell whether he used it (I assume so based on the officer's reaction).

[IbogaProject]

3. That officer and his family are pro Trump

That officer and his family are pro Trump so there maybe shenanigans or the guy was just unhealthy and was about to drop.