>> The US Capitol police officer has died after attempting to control rioters as they broke into
the Capitol Building. Now, the details are slim at this point, even though the identity of the
officer has been released. We don't know the specific details
of the injuries that he suffered, but I'll give you the details we do know right now.
The officer who died it was officer Brian Sicknick. He's with the United States Capitol
Police and his family is pleading with the public to give them a little bit of privacy and to not
make his death political. But I do wanna give you some details about what we know and how he died.
The Capitol Police said in the statement that Sicknick was injured while physically engaging
with protesters. He collapsed after returning to his division office and was rushed to a hospital,
where officials said he died at 9:30 PM on Thursday.
At some point in the chaos, this is according to the New York Times, with the mob rampaging through
the halls of Congress, while lawmakers were forced to hide under their desks.
He was struck with a fire extinguisher, according to two law enforcement officials,
that's all we know so far. We don't know any other details,
we don't know where he was struck. We don't know if the individual who struck them
is in custody, we do know that there's a full blown investigation to find more details.
In fact, the FBI and DC police will jointly investigate the case. And the Department of
Defense will spare no resources in investigating and holding accountable those responsible.
But as you guys know, there were a mixed response by police,
who were actually on the scene as the writers, Breach the Capitol.
We saw proof images, videos of some of these cops who were enabling the riders opening
barricades to let them in. In some cases, we saw a video of from Baked Alaska stream where
you see police taking selfies with these riders. And by the way, it's not really that shocking.
I mean, we've seen so many examples like in the situation with Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, where the cops were very friendly with right-wing gang members, but vicious to
Black Lives Matter protesters. But with that said, the actions of the bad actors here. The cops who
love to enable these rioters and people like that led to one United States Capitol police officer
dying as a result of being violently assaulted with a fire extinguisher by one of the rioters.
So you guys jumps in, I mean, it's just disgusting, like everything that happened that
day was absolutely disgusting. So I'll let whoever wants to jump in first share their thoughts.
>> Yeah, this shows me and it just show everyone that, the Blue Lives Matter group is showing
that blue lives only matters, so long as they're taking black and brown lives apparently, right?
This was never about policing, this was never about protecting the blue
or anything like that. Always white supremacy and even when the police are the obstacles,
they will be removed as need be for white supremacists.
And then for those who are aligned with the ehite supremacist, as you said, not new.
We saw this in Kenosha with Kyle Rittenhouse. But the question becomes when will something
be done about it? Because this culture is absolutely pervasive,
this is something that we said before the break. This is lack of accountability,
creates a God complex almost for the police around the entire country.
They can do whatever they want, whenever they want. You had people in Nancy Pelosi's
aides office, walking out of the office. If I was to do the exact same thing,
I would be dead right now, Ana, but I would literally be dead. A black man
cannot walk into the office of the Speaker of the House and attempt to
kidnap her or whatever you're gonna do with the zip ties and walk out unscathed, right?
They have a search for these now, why do you have a search for him? Because you
didn't arrest him in the first place. >> No, but I mean, it's, of course,
you're right and everything you just said, especially when you consider like the sense
of entitlement by the writers who did breach the Capitol building.
And we're just roaming around willy-nilly, no mask, and I am not even talking about COVID
mask. I am talking about they didn't cover their faces, because they realized they were engaging
in criminality. They were emboldened, they had no fear, they felt they had a right to be there.
I mean, the guy in Pelosi's office has been arrested. But look, I mean,
look at him taking pictures, talking to reporters outside of the Capitol building
following the vandalism he engaged in. He stole
a piece of mail from Nancy Pelosi's desk, I mean, it's just, yeah, I mean they had no fear.
They weren't worried about any type of viciousness, or brutality, or even
they weren't worried about cops even doing their jobs in this case,
right? They weren't worried about arrests, it's just beyond shameful,
but, yeah, Farren jump in. >> What's really interesting too
is in one of the video clips, it was part of the clip you showed earlier.
It's a little further in it, but they're shocked, these insurrectionists were shocked
that the police officers were not on their side at that moment. And that alone tells you so much
about what they understand about police here in the United States, I thought we
were friends. I thought you were my bro, why are you not moving aside to let this happen?
They were absolutely stunned, that that two police officers, I think it was maybe three
refuse to step aside for them. And then of course, the second the police do and they don't realize
you've got the other people coming up the stairs, they they break the windows. And then of course,
more tragedy happens there, but they honest to God believe these police are on their side.
And from most of the footage we have seen, I agree.
There's more footage too of the one cop waving a man, come on in. So this this is so
systemic with these police officers that they can't separate the person
next to them with the MAGA cape or the person next to them with a police badge.
These insurrectionists view these as the same person
and in many cases they are. >> Yeah, one video that is gonna be in my
memory permanently was this exchange between one Capitol cop, Capitol police officer and a rioter.
And the rioters like in his face screaming at this cop, and he's specifically saying.
Something along the lines, I'm paraphrasing, something along the lines of
we supported you when everyone hated you, how dare you? Like, he was just in his face, and angry
that, by the way, the cop wasn't even being brutal with them. The cop was just
trying to prevent them from breaking into the area where lawmakers were.
That was all he was trying to do and they were incredibly furious, like how dare you? How could
you have the audacity to try to enforce the law with us or police us? We were on your side, right?
And and their actions both with what happened regarding the Capitol Police refusing assistance
when they were asked whether or not they would need backup ahead of time, right, on that day.
And then after the fact, after the rioters had already stormed the Capitol, the Capitol Police
were asked again if they wanted backup and they still said no. It wasn't until Mike Pence was
asked that they brought in more law enforcement to handle the crowd, to handle the situation.
So those actions, those decisions that they made, those awful decisions and you've
got to investigate what motivated those decisions, led to one of their colleagues getting killed.
So we'll see if they, go ahead. >> I'm so sorry, I was just gonna
say we also have to deal with the fact that they knew for days, they had names.
>> Yep. >> These people
were not making it a secret what they wanted to do, where they were gonna be and who they were.
We had Ring of Fire, I've been doing stories about this long before Wednesday. We knew the names,
they were in the articles, you saw it on Parler, you saw it Fortune,
these people were bragging about it ahead of time, so there's no excuse.
They knew what was coming and they made the decision
to let it happen before they even got there. >> Yeah, you're absolutely right, go ahead Roger.
>> That's because white rage has never been a danger to American culture, but black justice is.
And the juxtaposition of seeing the two in just the last few months is so telling, right.
And it was speaking about moments that will be in her mind forever. Well, one moment in my mind from
the attack on the Capitol was the arm standoff. Because it made me immediately
think of Tamir Rice who had a toy gun on a playground, right? The people who
were in that arm standoff with those police officers are still alive, right?
I want everyone to sit with that for a second. A child,
a 12-year-old boy on a playground for toy gun, police are trained for moments like that.
They were able to, as they have with Kyle Rittenhouse as they did with
Dylan Roof. They were able to get all these people out alive and into jail.
But when it comes to black lives, that seems to be completely beyond their scope of skill set.