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issued divisive statements ripping the police and Facebook permanently bans Trump while leftists call

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Okay, so here is the update on the news.

The update on the news.

Overnight, a Capitol police officer died from injuries that were sustained after clashing with the mob over at the Capitol building. According to NBC News,

a U.S. Capitol police officer died Thursday after being injured in clashes with pro-Trump rioters in the

Capitol the day before. Officer Brian Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protesters Wednesday,

returned to his division, and then he collapsed. He was taking to a hospital. He died about 9.30 p.m. on Thursday. Siknick joined the Capitol Police in 2008. He's the fifth person to die from Wednesday's violent clash in Washington. Of course, there was a woman who was shot to death by Capitol Police during the middle of the riot. And then there were three other people who died of unspecified medical emergencies over the course of the riot. His death will be investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington. Sicknick most recently served in the Capitol Police Department's first responder unit, according to a statement from the Capitol Police. News of the officer's death comes shortly after Capitol Police Chief Stephen's son resigned amid criticism of the department's response to rioters who broke through the barricades vandalizing the building and clashing with police. Now, as we now know, we know that Mayor Muriel Bowser was not interested in having a vast police presence. We know that the feds were also concerned about ticking off the protesters or rioters or something, which is absolute insanity. This is a failure

at every level that needs to be a full investigation as to why there were not more officers on the grounds,

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