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soothsayer

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8. Seems complicated--they don't know exactly what caused his death

Reply to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 06:34 PM

Feb 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/brian-sicknick-charges/index.html

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(CNN) Investigators are struggling to build a federal murder case regarding fallen US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, vexed by a lack of evidence that could prove someone caused his death as he defended the Capitol during last month's insurrection.

Authorities have reviewed video and photographs that show Sicknick engaging with rioters amid the siege but have yet to identify a moment in which he suffered his fatal injuries, law enforcement officials familiar with the matter said.

Soon after Sicknick died on January 7, prosecutors in Washington opened a federal murder investigation, dedicating a team inside the US attorney's office to build out a case, authorities have said.

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The FBI has been offering rewards for leads on some rioters, but not for info on Sicknick's killing [View all] StarfishSaver Feb 2021 OP

Possibly. ...nt 2naSalit Feb 2021 #1

Wow, that was my first reaction PatSeg Feb 2021 #2

Possibly.... Historic NY Feb 2021 #3

I hope so PirateRo Feb 2021 #4

It seems that would be their top priority - both because it's a murder and a murder of a colleague StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #7

Very true PirateRo Feb 2021 #12

That's what it has been feeling like to me JI7 Feb 2021 #5

I hope so. I hope they're trying to keep it quiet so they can grab them before they abscond. dawg day Feb 2021 #6

Seems complicated--they don't know exactly what caused his death soothsayer Feb 2021 #8

No, they're having trouble nailing down the details. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #9

That's what I said StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #13

No, it really wasn't. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #14

They can know who did it but don't have enough evidence to charge them with a homicide yet StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #15

Marcy Wheeler says to expect arrests and prosecutions to unfold slowly Fiendish Thingy Feb 2021 #10

Wheeler usually has the story right. Wellstone ruled Feb 2021 #16

They said on the news a few weeks ago that people were being charged with the lightest offences applegrove Feb 2021 #11