{"id":131642,"date":"2023-03-07T22:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T22:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=131642"},"modified":"2023-03-07T22:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T22:55:36","slug":"medical-examiner-rules-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-of-natural-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/medical-examiner-rules-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-of-natural-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical examiner rules Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/67zHU3nY2gcVjrmGaveyUBQC5-Y=\/0x76:4225x2453\/1920x1080\/2021\/04\/19\/1618863984946.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer Brian Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes after clashing with rioters during the Jan. 6 attack, according to a ruling Monday by Washington, D.C.&#x27;s chief medical examiner,the Washington Post reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> The ruling will make it more difficult for prosecutors to bring homicide charges against the two men arrested with spraying Sicknick with bear spray during the riot, per the Post. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Medical examiner Francisco J. Diaz told the Post that the autopsy found no evidence that Sicknick &quot;suffered an allergic reaction to chemical irritants&quot; and that there were no &quot; internal or external injuries.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>However, he noted that the events at the Capitol Jan. 6 &quot;played a role in his condition.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The USCP said<\/strong> in a statement Monday that it accepted the medical examiner&#x27;s ruling, adding that &quot;this does not change the fact Officer Brian\u00a0Sicknick died in the Line of Duty, courageously defending Congress and the Capitol.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;The Department continues to mourn the loss of our beloved colleague.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>The USCP said earlier Sicknick died of injuries he sustained on Jan. 6. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/04\/19\/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-natural-causes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images) U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer Brian Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes after clashing with rioters during [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":131641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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