Capitol invaded: Trump did not pay tribute to slain police officer

 

“To those who have committed acts of violence or destruction, you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law, you will pay. In a speech given in the wake of the violence perpetrated on Capitol Hill by several hundred of his supporters, Donald Trump wanted to be firm Thursday. But since then, the US president has kept a low profile on this.

He did not have a word in public for Brian Sicknick, the police officer killed during the clashes on Wednesday night. And to believe the New York Times, Donald Trump’s “oversights” on this drama would be numerous. The American president would not have called the family of the deceased, who had worked for twelve years in this police department on the Capitol, assures a colleague of Mike Pence to the American media. Its vice-president, on the other hand, telephoned the family to offer their condolences.

The flags at half mast at the Capitol

Donald Trump would not have asked that the flags of the White House be lowered to pay tribute to Brian Sicknick. Conversely, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, asked that this be the case on Capitol Hill on Friday. “Agent Sicknick’s sacrifice is a reminder of our duty to those we serve: to protect our country from all foreign and domestic threats,” she said.

No explanation is offered to justify the behavior of the US president, who made support for law enforcement one of the cornerstones of his presidential campaign in 2016, Business Insider said. Contacted by the American media, the White House had not responded to requests to explain why no tribute had been paid to Brian Sicknick

Five dead

The latter is one of the five victims who were to be deplored during the events on the Capitol, in addition to Ashli ​​Babbitt, a supporter of the American president shot dead by a police officer, and three other people who died around the Capitol “from medical emergencies. distinct ”, without any further clarification. The police officer was injured Wednesday “during physical contact with the demonstrators”: he was hit on the head with a fire extinguisher according to several American media. His death was announced Thursday and an FBI investigation was reportedly opened for murder.

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