House Democrats held a remembrance ceremony for the officers harmed in the line of duty on the two-year anniversary of the Capitol riot while congressional reporters remained transfixed on the fourth day of the House speaker's race.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi commemorated the service of the officers with a moment of silence Thursday morning. The ceremony coincided with a call that GOP leader Kevin McCarthy held with his conference as 20 conservative hard-liners prevented him from taking the speaker's gavel."As a result of the events on Jan. 6, the lives of five heroic officers were lost. ... 140 officers were seriously injured that day.
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who faced physical altercations with the rioters, died the day after the riot from a stroke. Officer Howard Liebengood killed himself on Jan. 9, 2021, after working on the fallout from the riot almost nonstop. Officer Jeffrey Smith, who was injured in the riot, killed himself several days later.
During the Jan. 6 committee's public hearing, officers testified to the trauma they incurred during the riot.
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