Video shows Capitol rioter hit officer with fire extinguisher
Dramatic new video shows the moment a US Capitol rioter hit an officer in the head with a fire extinguisher during Wednesdays chaotic siege.
The footage obtained by Storyful from Wednesdays siege shows droves of violent demonstrators storming past a barricade as US Capitol Police desperately try to keep them corralled on the west side of the building at about 2:30 p.m.
They broke through, its on! one man is heard yelling as the chaotic clip begins.
Moments later, a rioter tosses the fire extinguisher toward a group of officers below, striking one on the helmet. Its unclear if the cop who was plunked was Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42. He died at a hospital Thursday after being hit in the head with a fire extinguisher during the melee, two law enforcement sources told the Associated Press.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/11/video-shows-capitol-rioter-hit-officer-with-fire-extinguisher/