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Old 15-02-2021, 09:41 AM #554
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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet View Post
"Though law enforcement officials initially said Officer Sicknick was struck with
a fire extinguisher, police sources and investigators are at odds over whether he
was hit. Medical experts have said he did not die of blunt force trauma,
according to one law enforcement official.

Investigators have found little evidence to back up the attack with the fire
extinguisher as the cause of death, the official said. Instead, they increasingly
suspect that a factor was Officer Sicknick being sprayed in the face by some
sort of irritant, like mace or bear spray, the law enforcement official said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/u...-injuries.html
Ehh that's a bit of a reach, he was still killed by the rioters.

It's not as ambiguous as a case where, say, someone was claiming he couldn't breathe before he was knelt on, the cop literally died as a result of the riot, even if it isn'tentirely clear how it happened.
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