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Overwhelmed officers were ordered not to use deadly force as mob approached, leaving them further exposed in what US lawmakers are calling a massive operational failure
“Tammy and I send our deepest condolences to Officer Sicknick’s family and friends, as well as to his United States Capitol Police colleagues and the Guardsmen and Guardswomen he served alongside, Murphy said. We thank him for his service to our nation.
“Officer Sicknick gave his life protecting the United States Capitol, and by extension, our very democracy, from violent insurrection, he continued. His needless murder at the hands of a mob bent on overthrowing the Constitution he had dedicated his life to upholding is shocking. It is my fervent hope that the rioters whose actions directly contributed to his death are quickly identified and brought to justice.”
A Morgan State University alumna was named chief of the U.S. Capitol Police days after the deadly siege on the nation’s Capitol complex spurred its acting chief to resign after the department’s faltering.