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Amber Ruffin is back for 2021! Just in time to be, as she confessed on Friday’s
Amber Ruffin Show, filled with “rage,” “devastation,” and “embarrassment.” Oh, and relief that it was a gang of almost entirely white people at the center of a massive, horrific news story for a change, as she belted out in song titled, “At Least It Wasn’t Us!” Still, as much a beam of pure sunshine and laughter as Ruffin remains, this week’s attempted, Trump-ordered coup, wherein “a mob of Trump-supporting terrorists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an effort to overturn a fair and legal election and subvert democracy,” seems to have left her, like a lot of her late-night colleagues, pretty shaken.
US Capitol Police Officer Dies From Wounds Sustained During the MAGA Riot
Officer was injured while “physically engaging with protesters,” the department saysRoss A. Lincoln | January 7, 2021 @ 9:20 PM Last Updated: January 8, 2021 @ 7:01 AM
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died from wounds sustained during the Washington, D.C. riots incited by Donald Trump, the department announced Thursday night.
The officer, identified as Brian D. Sicknick, was injured Wednesday while “physically engaging with protesters,” and taken to a local hospital. He died Thursday; his death is being investigated as a homicide in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement.
US Capitol Police Officer on Life Support After Pro-Trump Riots, Police Say
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund announced his resignation ThursdayReid Nakamura | January 7, 2021 @ 5:40 PM Last Updated: January 7, 2021 @ 6:17 PM
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Contrary to multiple news reports, a U.S. Capitol Police officer did not die from injuries incurred during Wednesday’s riot, U.S. Capitol Police said Thursday.
Statement from US Capitol Police: “Media reports regarding the death of a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer are not accurate. Although some officers were injured and hospitalized yesterday, no USCP officers have passed away.” pic.twitter.com/xt4OiRz5aS
According to WUSA9 reporter Bruce Leshan, one of the injured officers is on life support awaiting the arrival of their family.
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