Long before the advent of modern equipment tempered a certain amount of the game’s inherent violence, football in the 1950s required a significant level of toughness and immunity to pain. Unless a foul was especially flagrant, the officials
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“Less than two weeks after the riot, two officers committed suicide. The first was Capitol Police Officer Howard “Howie” Liebengood, a fifteen-year veteran and son of a former Senate sergeant-at-arms. The second was MPD Officer Jeffrey Smith, who took a fucking crowbar to the head during the riot from a Trump supporter. By year’s end, two other MPD officers who responded to the Capitol assault also would kill themselves: Kyle deFreytag and Gunther Hashida.”
― Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
― Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
“Another fallen warrior, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, died in the line of duty. On January 6th, Officer Sicknick engaged rioters and was badly injured around 2:30 p.m., when he was sprayed with chemicals by someone in the crowd. Later that evening, while still on duty guarding the Capitol, he suffered a series of strokes. He died the following morning.”
― Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
― Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
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― A Book Addict's Treasury
― A Book Addict's Treasury
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