Capitol police officer commits suicide

[jjas]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9131647/Capitol-cop-51-dies-suicide-three-days-MAGA-riots-left-officer-dead.html

From the article...

A US Capitol Police officer has reportedly died by suicide three days after the force was thrown into chaos when Donald Trump's supporters stormed Congress.

Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, died while off-duty on Saturday, the USCP announced in a statement.

Two sources told the Associated Press that Liebengood took his own life. The USCP did not disclose a cause of death.

Liebengood is the second Capitol Police officer to die in the days after Trump supporters stormed the building in a bid to block the certification of Joe Biden's election victory.

[esshup]

That's a shame. Are you sure about 2 things?

1) That he wasn't friends with the Clintons?

and

2) Are we 100% sure that they were all President Trump supporters??

[jjas]

Jan 10, 2021 16:11:09 GMT -5 esshup said:

That's a shame. Are you sure about 2 things?

1) That he wasn't friends with the Clintons?

and

2) Are we 100% sure that they were all President Trump supporters??

In all seriousness, I feel bad for the guy's family and I wonder (like many) what led him there.

[Woody Williams]

“The USCP made no suggestion that Liebengood's death was linked to the riots “

But the headline and the article sure implies it thus politicizing it

The number of police officers committing suicide is on the rise.😢

abcnews.go.com/Politics/record-number-us-police-officers-died-suicide-2019/story?id=68031484

[parson]

Every chance I get, I tell first responders (LEOs EMTs, etc) how much I appreciate them. I've met a few bad ones in my 72 years, but, for the most part, they are doing a great job.

[esshup]

Jan 10, 2021 19:02:21 GMT -5 parson said:

Every chance I get, I tell first responders (LEOs EMTs, etc) how much I appreciate them. I've met a few bad ones in my 72 years, but, for the most part, they are doing a great job.

Ditto except for the bad ones part.