Washington, United States.
The remains of the police officer killed by supporters of then-President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress will be on display at the Capitol Rotunda, an honor bestowed on in rare exceptions, lawmakers reported Friday.
The agent Brian Sicknick was hit to the head with a fire extinguisher as he confronted the rioters who roamed the corridors of the Congress.
Sicknick, 42, who was part of the force protecting the Capitol, returned to the offices of his division, where he collapsed and was taken to a hospital, where he died the next day, police said. parliamentary. A total of five people were killed in the attack.
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“The Congress of the United States is united in grief, gratitude and solemn recognition of the officer’s service and sacrifice Brian Sicknicksaid House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, in a statement.
His actions “during the violent revolt against us Capitol they helped save lives, defend the temple of our democracy and ensure that Congress was not distracted from fulfilling its constitutional duty, ”she added.
According to the website of the House of Representatives, only four other people in the Rotunda have been exposed: the pastor Billy Graham, icon of civil rights; Rosa Parks, and two other Capitol police officers, Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson, were killed in a shooting on the building in 1998.
Earlier, Pelosi ordered the flags of the Capitol In honor of Sicknick. Four days after the attack, his remains received a guard of honor when he was transferred from the morgue to the funeral home.