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bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 08:05 PM Jan 2022

For those who are still questioning the police suicides related to 1/6

I would ask you to read this from the USA Today. Howie’s wife has some valid points. His death was caused by the insurrection and its aftermath. His death may not have been at the Capitol, but it was caused by his work that day and the immediate days after.

He had a good life, beautiful wife and a lot to look forward to. There was a lot of trauma that day. A lot of trauma

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/01/06/capitol-police-husband-suicide-jan-6/9103100002/?gnt-cfr=1

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For those who are still questioning the police suicides related to 1/6 (Original Post) bottomofthehill Jan 2022 OP
I've always put it down to traumatic brain injury and PTSD, both of which are invisible... Hekate Jan 2022 #1
So true. I have a friend with TBI blm Jan 2022 #2
Did this cop go to the "police medical clinic" like one of the other ones who died of suicide? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #3
He went to work and home. bottomofthehill Jan 2022 #4
If you were suicidal, would you go to an ER? BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #10
How sad. I never questioned their deaths. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #5
One poster here called Officer Sicknick a "piece of human garbage." BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #6
Brian is a hero who died defending the Capitol, Members of Congress and Democracy bottomofthehill Jan 2022 #7
Yep. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #8
Kick. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #9

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
1. I've always put it down to traumatic brain injury and PTSD, both of which are invisible...
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 08:16 PM
Jan 2022

…and all too easy to dismiss from the outside.


blm

(112,920 posts)
2. So true. I have a friend with TBI
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 08:23 PM
Jan 2022

Talented, beautiful, full of life and hit by a truck while riding her bike. She changed drastically and has spoken of ending her life.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,145 posts)
3. Did this cop go to the "police medical clinic" like one of the other ones who died of suicide?
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 08:46 PM
Jan 2022

Instead of an actual ER?

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
4. He went to work and home.
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 09:20 PM
Jan 2022

Last edited Mon Jan 17, 2022, 12:36 AM - Edit history (1)

I don’t think he saw a doc at all, and that may also be part of the tragedy.

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