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John Catanzara, who was elected last May as the president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, is defending the people who participated in the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol that resulted in the death of a police officer.
“There was no arson, there was no burning of anything, there was no looting, there was very little destruction of property,” Catanzara told WBEZ in a Wednesday evening phone interview. “It was a bunch of pissed-off people that feel an election was stolen, somehow, some way.”
John Catanzara, elected last May as the president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, defended the people who participated in Wednesday’s violent siege of the U.S. Capitol that resulted in a police officer’s death.
DC riots updates: Capitol Police officer dies from injuries; FBI offers $50K reward for pipe bomb suspect info Jorge L. Ortiz, John Bacon, N dea Yancey-Bragg and Jordan Culver, USA TODAY
As Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, protests flared in cities across the country
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WASHINGTON A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday after being injured when supporters of President Donald Trump raided the Capitol building on Wednesday, bringing the total number of fatalities to five.
Brian D. Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protesters on Wednesday, USCP said in a statement. He returned to his division office and collapsed, then was taken to a local hospital where he died Thursday evening.
Relatives, friends and colleagues recall Capitol officer s heroism
Peter Hermann, Rachel Weiner, Joe Heim and Tom Jackman, The Washington Post
Jan. 8, 2021
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WASHINGTON - He supported Donald Trump. She supported Hillary Clinton.
But in the midst of the 2016 election, Brian Sicknick, an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police, and Caroline Behringer, an adviser for a liberal congresswoman, found common ground.
They met mornings at an entrance to the Capitol, she headed to her office, he protecting those doing the people s work. They chatted about unwinding in the outdoors and joked about being on opposite sides of the political divide tearing the nation apart.
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