Why are officers who responded to Jan 6 insurrection committing suicide?

[IGotWorms 4,063]

I get that it must’ve been a crazy fockin ordeal, but law enforcement sometimes has to deal with stuff like that right? Seems unlikely to be a total coincidence at the same time.

 

 

 CNN —  

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 pleato 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.”

[wiffleball 4,797]

The leaders they were sworn to protect threw them under the bus. ?

[Cdub100 3,996]

Hillary strikes again

[Voltaire 5,506]

The OP's question is a valid one. Why? I'd hope that one or all of them would have left suicide notes or talked with some relative/friend to get in their mind, but the article doesn't mention either. Good Job with the surface news, CNN. Assign a haflway decent reporter to this story next time.

[Utilit99 4,099]

They were probably forced to either say lies to congress or pay the price. So far we only have a couple that chose the former. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,993]

4-5 NYPD cops commit suicide a year, in 2019 there were 10. You’re a fuckin cheap punk for making political hay out of this. It’s been going on way before Jan 6. 

[MDC 8,011]

I blame Chicago.

[TimmySmith 2,783]

Is he the one who killed the woman?

[Fireballer 2,690]

1 minute ago, MDC said:

I blame Chicago.

Wrong thread

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,576]

If cops kill themselves after an event where nobody dies why don’t they kill themselves when they respond to actual threats?

[wiffleball 4,797]

At one point, our soldiers were killing themselves every 21 minutes. I'd be curious what the statistical comparison is with these three cops over multiple units and multiple weeks or months is.

 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,993]

Just now, wiffleball said:

At one point, our soldiers were killing themselves every 21 minutes. I'd be curious what the statistical comparison is with these three cops over multiple units and multiple weeks or months is.

 

 

Yeah, you’re real curious all of a sudden. Mutt. 

[wiffleball 4,797]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah, you’re real curious all of a sudden. Mutt. 

So, no answer. 

 

Context is the enemy of the stupid.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

I would venture to guess suicide rates are up across the board during this bullsh!t house arrest flu we've been trapped in.

I know the 10th story roof of my building has looked appealing a time or two. 

[easilyscan 1,055]

2 hours ago, Voltaire said:

Assign a haflway decent reporter to this story next time.

Are you sure CNN has one of those ?

[IGotWorms 4,063]

3 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

4-5 NYPD cops commit suicide a year, in 2019 there were 10. You’re a fuckin cheap punk for making political hay out of this. It’s been going on way before Jan 6. 

All I did was ask a question, ya dumb fuck

[Utilit99 4,099]

36 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

All I did was ask a question, ya dumb fuck

No you didn't. It's a bit leading don't you think moron?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,993]

1 minute ago, Utilit99 said:

No you didn't. It's a bit leading don't you think moron?

Of course it is. He thinks people can’t see through him. 

[Big Guy 1,427]

they're under a lot of pressure to stick to the false narrative

[Utilit99 4,099]

22 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Of course it is. He thinks people can’t see through him. 

He's tissue paper not even worth use as toilet paper or blowing your nose in. 

[Utilit99 4,099]

5 minutes ago, Big Guy said:

they're under a lot of pressure to stick to the false narrative

The dems can murder 500 people but if one dem gets murdered, that's the story for the next 4 years. That's the nasty pelosi affect. 

[wiffleball 4,797]

11 minutes ago, Utilit99 said:

The dems can murder 500 people but if one dem gets murdered, that's the story for the next 4 years. That's the nasty pelosi affect. 

Link?

[IGotWorms 4,063]

1 hour ago, Big Guy said:

they're under a lot of pressure to stick to the false narrative

You’d have to be pretty crazy to reach that conclusion. I mean I guess I’ll give you there’s like a one in a million shot, but why wouldn’t you focus on the more likely and obvious reasons first? 

[Big Guy 1,427]

1 hour ago, IGotWorms said:

You’d have to be pretty crazy to reach that conclusion. I mean I guess I’ll give you there’s like a one in a million shot, but why wouldn’t you focus on the more likely and obvious reasons first? 

because the whole thing was a ruse

[5-Points 3,831]

Are they the same ones who were holding doors open and waving people in? 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,993]

4 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

Are they the same ones who were holding doors open and waving people in? 

You have to understand that when cops don’t do their job it infuriates Wiffleball. When they do their jobs that infuriates him as well. He’s ok with them if they get beat or killed though. 

[wiffleball 4,797]

6 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

You have to understand that when cops don’t do their job it infuriates Wiffleball. When they do their jobs that infuriates him as well. He’s ok with them if they get beat or killed though. 

You're retarded.

[Hawkeye21 2,457]

It is very strange.  Something odd is going on.

[MDC 8,011]

Totally classless to use deaths for political gain Worms.

Unless they happen in Chicago!  

[listen2me 23 1,958]

It is wild that AOC has the mental heath and strength to go on after almost being raped and killed.  

AOC > Biles on the mental health meter.

[jerryskids 7,162]

11 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

You have to understand that when cops don’t do their job it infuriates Wiffleball. When they do their jobs that infuriates him as well. He’s ok with them if they get beat or killed though. 

 

4 minutes ago, wiffleball said:

You're retarded.

That may be, but you have a long history of hatred for LEOs on this bored.   

[wiffleball 4,797]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

 

That may be, but you have a long history of hatred for LEOs on this bored.   

Bad, stupid, abusive LEOs like "barrel roll cop". 

 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,993]

If Jan 6 had never happened and these cops killed themselves wiffle and his ilk wouldn’t give a rats ass about them. I know, because cops kill  themselves a lot and not a peep. I rest my case.

[Fireballer 2,690]

10 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

It is very strange.  Something odd is going on.

Based on what?

[Hawkeye21 2,457]

1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

If Jan 6 had never happened and these cops killed themselves wiffle and his ilk wouldn’t give a rats ass about them. I know, because cops kill  themselves a lot and not a peep. I rest my case.

Of course it wouldn't be a story then, they wouldn't have a connection to each other like they do right now.

[Hawkeye21 2,457]

1 minute ago, Fireballer said:

Based on what?

That they were all involved in the same major event and now have committed suicide.  Seems strange.  Many it's just a coincidence.

[jerryskids 7,162]

9 hours ago, Big Guy said:

they're under a lot of pressure to stick to the false narrative

 

8 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

You’d have to be pretty crazy to reach that conclusion. I mean I guess I’ll give you there’s like a one in a million shot, but why wouldn’t you focus on the more likely and obvious reasons first? 

I agree that conspiracy theories don’t usually pass Occam’s Razor, but nothing I’ve seen from the videos of 1/6 indicate that it was an event that would send multiple Capitol officers to eat a bullet (spare me the MSMDNC “biggest threat to our democracy evah$#@ crap, you know it’s a load as well as I do).  

So I’ll flaunt my ignorance here:  what is a day in the life of one of these officers?  I had never heard of this role before 1/6.  Is there a lot of policing that happens at the Capitol?  It strikes me as a generally kushy job that you get because your slutty cousin is sleeping with the 3rd assistant bureaucrat for Capitol HR.  So maybe any violence is the first time these folks have seen it?  Again, honest question, I’m open to being wrong.  

[jerryskids 7,162]

7 minutes ago, wiffleball said:

Bad, stupid, abusive LEOs like "barrel roll cop". 

 

 

No, it goes beyond that.  There have been multiple times where I’ve thought dayam, this guy really hates LEOs, there must be some history here I don’t know about.  

Then again, this was some time ago, so perhaps you’ve mellowed with age like the rest of us.   

[Hardcore troubadour 15,993]

3 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

 

I agree that conspiracy theories don’t usually pass Occam’s Razor, but nothing I’ve seen from the videos of 1/6 indicate that it was an event that would send multiple Capitol officers to eat a bullet (spare me the MSMDNC “biggest threat to our democracy evah$#@ crap, you know it’s a load as well as I do).  

So I’ll flaunt my ignorance here:  what is a day in the life of one of these officers?  I had never heard of this role before 1/6.  Is there a lot of policing that happens at the Capitol?  It strikes me as a generally kushy job that you get because your slutty cousin is sleeping with the 3rd assistant bureaucrat for Capitol HR.  So maybe any violence is the first time these folks have seen it?  Again, honest question, I’m open to being wrong.  

Anyone interested in doing real police work isn’t interested in that job. Security guards with arrest powers. 

[IGotWorms 4,063]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

 

I agree that conspiracy theories don’t usually pass Occam’s Razor, but nothing I’ve seen from the videos of 1/6 indicate that it was an event that would send multiple Capitol officers to eat a bullet (spare me the MSMDNC “biggest threat to our democracy evah$#@ crap, you know it’s a load as well as I do).  

So I’ll flaunt my ignorance here:  what is a day in the life of one of these officers?  I had never heard of this role before 1/6.  Is there a lot of policing that happens at the Capitol?  It strikes me as a generally kushy job that you get because your slutty cousin is sleeping with the 3rd assistant bureaucrat for Capitol HR.  So maybe any violence is the first time these folks have seen it?  Again, honest question, I’m open to being wrong.  

Could be. I suspect most of the gig is “policing” tourists, making sure they don’t get heat stroke or stick their chewed gum under the Lincoln monument. To go from that to suddenly battling an attempted coup, yeah that’d be a little jarring