House members want memorial tree at the Capitol to honor N.J. officer killed in pro-Trump riot
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police officers and lawmakers prepare to pay their respects as an urn with the remains of fellow officer Brian Sicknick arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 2, 2021.Getty Images
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Members of Congress on Friday requested that a tree be planted on the U.S. Capitol grounds in memory of Police Officer Brian Sicknick, the South River native killed when supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the building.
The request to the Architect of the Capitol came from Reps. Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th Dist., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist., along with Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va.
U.S. President Joe Biden made a late-night visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to pay his respects to Brian Sicknick, the Capitol police officer killed when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol last month.
Slain Capitol Police officer, a military veteran, honored: ‘We will never forget’ February 3 An honor guard carries an urn with the cremated remains of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and folded flag up the steps of the U.S Capitol to lie in honor in the Rotunda, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/Pool via AP) WASHINGTON Congressional leaders paid tribute Wednesday to slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the building he died defending, promising his family and his fellow officers that they will never forget his sacrifice.
Sicknick died after an insurrectionist mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, interrupting the electoral count after then-President Donald Trump urged them to “fight like hell” to overturn his defeat. The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement that Sicknick, who died the next day, was injured “while physically engaging with protesters,” though the cause of his death has not been determined.
Brian Sicknick, 42, died of his injuries one day after the Jan. 6 confrontation.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive to pay their respects to U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died on January 7 from injuries he sustained while protecting the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack on the building, as he lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., February 2, 2021. REUTERS / Leah Millis / Pool
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The remains of a police officer killed when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol last month were brought to the building s historic rotunda on Tuesday evening to lie in honor.