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H.R. 3325 (An Act to award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Pub. L. 117–32 (text), 135 Stat. 322, enacted August 5, 2021) was signed into federal law by President of the United States Joe Biden on August 5, 2021.
On January 6, USCP officers deployed without "less lethal" arms such as sting grenades. Department riot shields had been improperly stored, causing them to shatter upon impact. [3] At 12:49 p.m., Capitol police responded to two bombs near the Capitol. [4] Minutes later, rioters breached a police perimeter west of the Capitol building.
Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor. [70] [71] Pipe bombs were found at both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday paid tribute to the police officers who died after protecting the U.S. Capitol from violent insurrectionists on Jan. 6, calling them “heroes” and ...
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department announced Monday that two Metropolitan police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 attack, Gunther Hashida and Kyle DeFreytag, died by suicide last month ...
On August 5, 2021, Sicknick, along with Capitol Police officers Howard Liebengood and Billy Evans, and Metropolitan Police officer Jeffrey L. Smith, was posthumously honored in a signing ceremony for a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Capitol Police and other January 6 responders. His name is noted in the text of the bill, and Biden ...
Federal: Threats in Interstate Communications – Contained a threat to kidnap and injure law enforcement officers using a social media service and a threat to kidnap and injure politicians and executives in the technology industry Guilty – the charge. 14 months of incarceration; 36 months of supervised release and a special assessment of $100.
Five people died either shortly before, during, or following the event: one was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes. [7] [8] Many people were injured, including 138 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. [9]