Politics

New footage from Jan. 6 shows assaults on fallen officer

Published

1 year ago

April 28, 2021

Months after the Capitol attack, WUSA9 and other newsrooms finally received video footage that captures the assault of fallen officer Brian Sicknick. The clips are complied from six security cameras, three body cams, and a cellphone.

🚨🚨 #CapitolRiot: @wusa9 joined other newsrooms in suing for the release of bodycam footage showing the moment Officer #BrianSicknick & others were assaulted w/ an unknown chemical irritant. Today, we received those videos. (w/ @EricFlackTV) https://t.co/Rzj9CO419W
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) April 28, 2021

In the videos, police officers, Sicknick among them, were sprayed in the face. The substance is unknown because the two men accused of the assault allegedly carried both pepper spray and mace.

The New York Times had originally reported Sicknick’s cause of death as blunt-forced trauma. Later, they corrected the report and a medical examiner’s report later revealed he died of natural causes.

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Politics

Uvalde, TX Mayor Calls Beto O’Rourke a ‘Sick Son of a B****’ After he Heckled Gov. Abbott’s Presser

Published

2 days ago

May 25, 2022

Sara Carter Staff

The vile act of politicizing horrific tragedies such as the Uvalde, Texas elementary school massacre, has been in full force. Democrat Beto O’Rourke “was escorted out of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s press conference Wednesday after he showed up and heckled the governor in the middle of an update on the elementary school massacre in Uvalde” reports The Blaze.

Beto is a former congressman from El Paso, Texas as well as a Democratic presidential nominee briefly for the 2020 elections. During his time, he campaigned hard on his support for a mandatory gun buyback scheme.

The Blaze reported on Beto’s behavior at Abbott’s press conference:

As Abbott was finishing his remarks to reporters, O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for governor, stood up and began speaking about the need for gun control legislation.

“Excuse me,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said as O’Rourke ignored him and went on about how “the time has come to put a stop” to gun violence. O’Rourke did not have a microphone, and most of his comments were inaudible.

“Sit down!” shouted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as the Democrat kept speaking.

“You’re out of line and an embarrassment!” Patrick told O’Rourke, while others began raising their voices.

“You are doing nothing!” O’Rourke yelled at Abbott as police officers began to march him out of the room.

“You need to get his a** out of here, this isn’t the place to talk this over,” said Uvalde Mayor Don Mclaughlin, calling O’Rourke a “sick son of a b****.”