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“He makes sure he gets his face out there. The guy’s a #criminal. He’s the reason my son is dead — because of the riot at the Capitol,” Charles #Sicknick, Brian’s dad, told the DailyNews. “He’s a publicity hound. #Trump does whatever will get him votes & helps Donald Trump. There’s nothing good about that man.”

“Every time I see that an #officer has been killed in the line of duty, it really does affect me & I feel for that family.” Kenneth #Sicknick said.

“The fact is [#Trump] states he’s law & order but he sent a mob that ultimately ended up killing my brother. He has such a lack of self-awareness of what he does. He’s using that officer’s death as a campaign platform.”

#Trump was #indicted last year by a #federal #GrandJury for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, & has been blamed for #inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol on #Jan6.

He is currently under #indictment in #Manhattan for falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. He is also facing #racketeering charges in #Georgia for an alleged effort to subvert that state’s election laws following his loss to Biden in the 2020 election.

#BrianSicknick was 42 & a member of the #CapitolPolice when he responded to the unrest on #Jan6, 2021. During the turmoil, Sicknick was attacked by two rioters who sprayed him with pepper spray. He returned to his base & collapsed. Medics rushed him to a hospital, where he died the next day.

…He reportedly suffered two strokes.

“…Officer Sicknick died in the line of duty, courageously defending #Congress & the #Capitol,” the Capitol police said in a stmnt at the time.

Julian Khater, 32, of State College, PA, & George Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, WV were charged w/ #assault & #conspiracy to injure an #officer in connection w/his death.

Khater was sentenced to 6 yrs in prison in Jan 2023, while Tanios was sentenced to time served awaiting trial — ~5 months.

In the aftermath, Charles #Sicknick said, #Trump waited 3 days after Brian’s body was released from the hospital to lower the flags at the White House to half-staff.

“The first one to call us was Joe #Biden & he was crying on the phone,” he said Friday. “The only thing Donald Trump cares about is Donald Trump.”

#law #Jan6 #MAGA #Republicans #ThePartyOfLawAndOrder #PoliticalViolence #Insurrection

The family held a memorial for #BrianSicknick in Jan & visited his grave at Arlington National Cemetery. “We went over to Arlington to talk to him, to my son’s ashes,” Charles said. “He was a good & decent young man & it’s terrible that this happened because of some lunatic who was in the White House.”

In the 3 yrs that have passed, Kenneth Sicknick says the public’s memory seems to have faded, “It seems like #Jan6 is 100 yrs ago for some people, & people don’t realize #Trump is responsible….”

@Nonilex Trump is not just responsible. He calls the Jan6 insurrections patriots and promises to pardon them. He supports the people that killed Sicknick and pledges to release them. It’s maddening that people are unable to connect these dots.