“Investigators have determined that initial reports suggesting Sicknick was struck with a fire extinguisher aren't true, CNN previously reported.” cnn.com/2021/02/10/pol…
Those initial reports were, of course, also attributed to multiple anonymous law enforcement officials. nytimes.com/2021/01/07/adm…
It’s something a Capitol Police briefing on the events of Jan 6th would do a lot to clarify, because a reporter could ask a briefer on the record what the cause of death was, or whether there was a medical examiner’s report, how they decided to release the body for burial, etc
Just knowing basic facts about what happened during this incredibly important event from police officials speaking on the record would be nice. If they won’t brief, maybe they could be called to testify at the trial, or a public House hearing, or something.
A nuance that I fear some are missing here is that the attribution for the initial fire extinguisher claim was “two law enforcement officials,” it was denied by “investigators,” and the current claim about bear spray comes from “a US official briefed on the probe.”
Our sourcing is not getting any better after a month. In fact, it’s getting a little worse, and there still has been no official public briefing by Capitol Police.
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