The New York Times updated an initial report last month, alleging that Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick was killed due to the blunt force blow of a fire extinguisher during the January 6 riot.
A new February 12 update can be seen pinned to the top of the January 8 article entitled “Capitol Policeman dies of injuries in a pro-Trump riot.”
“New information has emerged on the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who questions the initial cause of his death provided by officers close to the Capitol Police,” the statement said.
As the Washington Examiner notes, additional reviews based on new information about the policeman’s death can be seen in another section of the article updated on Sunday: “Police officers initially said that Sicknick was hit by a fire extinguisher, but weeks later, police sources and investigators discussed whether he was hit. Medical experts said he did not die of blunt trauma, according to a law enforcement official. ”
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The Times originally characterized Sicknick’s death differently.
“Mr. Sicknick, 42, a Capitol Police officer, died on Thursday of brain injuries he suffered after Trump loyalists who passed the compound hit him over the head with a fire extinguisher, according to two police officers “, the Times initially wrote.
On Thursday, a separate Times article rebuked the January 8 newspaper’s original report.
“Investigators found little evidence to support the fire extinguisher attack as the cause of death, the officer said. Instead, they increasingly suspect that one factor was Officer Sicknick being sprayed in the face by some type of irritant. , as an apple or spray bear, said the policeman, “said the article.
Last week, House impeachment managers used the original Times article as evidence in their pre-trial impeachment memo.
On Thursday, two days before former President Donald Trump was acquitted in the Senate for an impeachment article for inciting an insurrection, National Review contributor Andrew McCarthy raised concerns about the inclusion of the article in the former president’s indictment .
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“If [Sicknick’s death] it did not happen in the way that the Democratic ways of impeaching the House represented what happened, we must be informed of it – and be informed why such an inflamed claim was made in the impeachment article and repeated in the pre-trial memo, “McCarthy wrote.
Fox News reported to officials who said Sicknick’s death was attributed to being hit by a fire extinguisher, but in recent weeks has reported on account conflicts from police sources.
“Many details about Wednesday’s events and the direct causes of Brian’s injuries remain unknown, and our family asks the public and the press to respect our wishes not to make Brian’s death a political problem,” said Ken Sicknick, Brian’s older brother to Fox News shortly after Brian’s death.
The Washington Examiner and the New York Times contributed to this report.