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Officer Brian Sicknick lay in state at the very building he died protecting. Let us hope we remember.
Robin Givhan, The Washington Post
Feb. 3, 2021
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Police stand guard next to the remains of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, as he lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Sicknick was responding to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 when he was fatally injured.Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges
WASHINGTON - It was silent except for the sound of the cold wind and the gentle clicks of camera shutters that captured the ceremony for a public that could only watch from afar. On Tuesday night, dozens of police officers stood at attention in rows, creating a protective wall of grief and respect as the cremated remains of Officer Brian Sicknick were carried up the stone steps of the U.S. Capitol, through its open, welcoming doors and into the warm light of the Rotunda where he would lie
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