No Cops Died ‘in the Line of Duty’ during the Capitol Riot

Supporters of then-president Donald Trump fight with riot police outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

We can acknowledge the traumatic events of that day — and the role they might’ve played in some officers’ later deaths — without bending the truth.

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here are few jobs as stressful and emotionally wrenching as being a police officer. As I’ve sadly had occasion to observe before, that is why the police-suicide rate is markedly higher than the suicide rates in other professions.

It would also be hard to imagine a more draining experience, physically and emotionally, for a police officer than that of being overmatched while under siege by hundreds of rioters as they storm a building that you’re duty bound to protect — putting your life on the line to save the lives of others.

When a cop commits suicide soon after such an event, …