Current Events > A Third Officer who defended US Capitol during insurrection has died by suicide

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(And the 4th overall in total)

A DC police officer who responded to the US Capitol insurrection has died by suicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within the Special Operations Division, was found deceased in his residence on Thursday, July 29," department spokesperson Kristen Metzger told CNN in a statement.
Hashida joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2003 and responded to the Capitol on January 6, Metzger said.
"We are grieving as a Department and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida's family and friends," Metzger said.
This is the third known suicide of an officer who responded to the Capitol during the attack, and it is the second known suicide by a DC officer specifically.
Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran of the force, and US Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, a 16-year Capitol Police veteran, also responded to the insurrection and later died by suicide. A recent Senate report into the security failures of the day lists both Smith and Liebengood among those who "ultimately lost their lives" following the attack.
Another Capitol Police officer, Brian D. Sicknick, suffered strokes and died of natural causes one day after responding to the attack, Washington DC's chief medical examiner determined in April.
The Justice Department has charged more than 550 people in connection with the insurrection, according to CNN's latest tally, and the attack is at the center of a high-profile House select committee investigation.
During a hearing before the panel last month, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn delivered an emotional plea to officers who defended the Capitol to seek out professional help if they need it.
"I want to take this moment and speak to my fellow officers about the emotions they are continuing to experience from the events of January 6. There is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking professional counseling," Dunn said.
"What we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting, please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/politics/dc-metropolitan-police-officer-suicide-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html

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so when does tucker laugh about this and call the guy a weak cuck? because you know he's gonna...

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I'm gonna put my tinfoil hat and say he was either assassinated or highly coerced into killing himself by a hidden powerful people, like blackmail or something

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rip

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Master Kazuya posted...

I'm gonna put my tinfoil hat and say he was either assassinated or highly coerced into killing himself by a hidden powerful people, like blackmail or something

Why? There's already an enormous amount of footage of what happened on the ground.

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Remember how trumpers support the men in blue? I didn't, all I heard was "fuck the blue!" chant on Capital Hill.

Getting Javert vibes tbh

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this whole incident had such a toll on everyone

Master Kazuya posted...

I'm gonna put my tinfoil hat and say he was either assassinated or highly coerced into killing himself by a hidden powerful people, like blackmail or something

Why?

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More blood on trumps hands

Doe posted...

Why? There's already an enormous amount of footage of what happened on the ground.

ScazarMeltex posted...

Why?

First off, let's remember that a literal coup d'etat was being organized. Even if those citizens/terrorists who broke down the doors, marched inside, etc were not aware of it, the situation that led to it and radicalized these people was fully orchestrated. We know that certain political members were very aware of the building, the protestors, and how things would operate during the fateful day. We know that the narrative was still pushed after several court cases were found empty. Dominion sued Fox for misinformation and Fox DID NOT COUNTER.

This was a lead up of a LOT of propaganda during a very vulnerable time.

If a coup is being organized in modern USA, there are some very powerful people involved. What do you think sounds more likely? Cops that were against the overtaking of the government, having too much info on the situation, and then being killed by evil people that were TRYING to overtake the government, or a cop that just decided to kill themselves after PTSD? Do other cops in bad neighborhoods also kill themselves as frequently? Do soldiers with PTSD kill themselves as often? And if not, why are we hearing about these cops killing themselves more than them?

If I was trying to murder people going against my crazy cause, of COURSE I'd try to pin them at being mentally ill, I would call them PTSD ridden cops (doing the right thing and defending the govt btw) and say they killed themselves. Did Epstein kill himself?

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