Officer Brian Sicknick s remains were carried out of the Capitol by an honor guard on Wednesday
Dozens of officers lined up and saluted Sicknick s ashes as they departed for Arlington National Cemetery
The procession took place after a Congressional ceremony memorializing Sicknick was held in the Rotunda
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered remarks, telling of how he met with Sicknick s family and condemning the violence that led to the officer s death
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi then took the podium, heralding Sicknick s heroism and service to his country
Sicknick s parents Gladys and Charles sat in the front row holding back tears through the ceremony
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Updated February 3, 2021
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects to late US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, as he lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC February 2, 2021. Erin schaff / POOL / AFP
US President Joe Biden paid his respects Tuesday at a solemn memorial in the Capitol to the policeman who died of injuries he suffered there last month in an attack by Donald Trump’s supporters.
With the First Lady at his side, Biden bowed his head and rested his hand on the tabletop bearing the ashes of officer Brian Sicknick, who was given the rare honor of lying in honor at the building housing the United States Congress.
Orlena has ALREADY dumped two feet of snow and is still going: 2,000 flights are cancelled, cities are flooded, woman freezes to death outside her house and three are shot dead during row over shovelling as monster Nor easter batters East Coast
New York City s Central Park has recorded more than a foot of snow as of Monday evening
Snowfall is expected to continue through Tuesday with forecasters predicting around two feet in total
The first victim of the storm was named as 67-year-old Patricia Becker
Becker, who suffered with Alzheimer s disease, reportedly wandered away from her home and was found dead of hypothermia on an Allentown street Monday morning
By Susan Jones | February 1, 2021 | 7:01am EST
Members of the National Guard stand at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol ahead of Joe Biden s inauguration on Jan. 20. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Fencing still surrounds the U.S. Capitol, while thousands of National Guard troops still patrol the grounds, at least through mid-March.
The show of force is intended to make a political point, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) told Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo: At this point, it feels like it s about props, politics and power, Zeldin said:
There s a narrative that Democrats want to push about January 6, and it representing 75 million voters of Donald Trump. What happened inside of the Capitol, you see Democrats trying to leverage that to be representative of something much greater than that.