Jan. 6 Rioter Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Police With Chemicals

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Source: Bloomberg

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Jan. 6 Rioter Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Police With Chemicals
-- Julian Khater admitted attacking Officer Brian Sicknick
-- Khater’s codefendant took a plea deal earlier this year

By Zoe Tillman
September 1, 2022, 6:08 PM UTC

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A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to assaulting US Capitol Police officers with a weapon during the Jan. 6 attack, including one who later died.

Julian Khater admitted deploying pepper spray that struck several officers, including Officer Brian Sicknick, in the face as they tried to stop the crowd outside the Capitol from moving closer to the building. Sicknick died the next day.

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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-01/jan-6-rioter-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-police-with-chemicals

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A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to assaulting cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 using pepper spray. The injured officers incl. Officer Brian Sicknick, who later died, but prosecutors have been careful not to connect his death to the case.

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Jan. 6 Rioter Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Police With Chemicals
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to assaulting US Capitol Police officers with a weapon during the Jan. 6 attack, including one who later died.

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[Probatim]

1. I'm no lawyer, but I always thought if someone died during the commission of a felony,

the felon would be responsible for that death as well?

Sounds like another free pass for these terrorists.

[reACTIONary]

2. He died the next day, IIRC, of a ...

... heart attack, not of an injury received during the confrontation.

[Hekate]

3. Heart attacks and strokes can be set off by the massive surge of adrenalin and other hormones..

… let loose by terror and injury.

I would bot discount that at all.

[TomSlick]

4. That would be hard to prove.

It's not worth the risk on appeal.

[reACTIONary]

5. Let alone being...

... pepper sprayed in the face. I wouldn't discount it either.

Problem is, you would have to prove causation in court. It's easier to prove if someone dies of a gunshot wound the next day.

[bottomofthehill]

6. He did not die of a heart attack, he did not have a heart attack.

USCP Officer Brian Sicknick reported to work on 1/6/2021. He was a relatively young member of the Bike Division. He rode a bike at work every day. He was healthy as a mule. He was in an hours long battle on the West Front of the US Capitol with insurrectionists who were trying to overturn an election by a mob. Brian was attacked by chemical munitions including but not limited to bear spray. After his exposure, he was briefly taken off the line and then returned to it to help defend American Democracy. As the battle wound down and control of the building was regained, Brian collapsed in the US Capitol. He was taken by ambulance from the Capitol to the GW hospital where he died the next day. He came to work on 1/6 and never made it home. Brian was killed defending democracy. I hope piece of shit Khater, who was caught on film attacking Officer Sicknick with a chemical agent gets the max that they can give him, I hope his time in jail is long, frightening and miserable. Officer Sicknick gave his life in defense of democracy. Julian Khater is a piece of shit.

[reACTIONary]

7. Thanks for the correction...

... that is much different circumstances than I remember. There was one officer who died of a heart attack, so I must have then confused.

[bottomofthehill]

8. There were so many assaults and officers injured that day.

Metropolitan Officer Fanone was dragged into the crowd and tazed multiple times causing heart attacks (plural). He has Dr over Ed for the most part, but retired on a disability from MPD.