Joe and Jill Biden pay homage on Capitol Hill to the policeman killed during the riots in Congress, February 2, 2021. -
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It is an exceptional posthumous honor that the policeman killed after the assault on Congress experiences, having his remains on display on Capitol Hill.
To add to the symbol, US President Joe Biden paid him a last solemn tribute on Tuesday.
The Democrat, accompanied by the First Lady, bowed his head and brought his hand to his heart in front of the altar containing the officer's ashes, displayed in the rotunda of the US parliament for several hours.
The flags of the Capitol had previously been half-masted.
Brian Sicknick, 42, died of injuries sustained in clashes with supporters of President Donald Trump during their violent intrusion on Capitol Hill on January 6.
The officer was reportedly punched in the head with a fire extinguisher as he battled rioters swarming the halls of Congress with the goal of overturning proceedings certifying Joe Biden's election victory.
A total of five deaths
This congressional protection force member then returned to his office where he collapsed and was taken to hospital, Capitol Police said.
He died the next day, the same source said, bringing the total number of deaths in this attack on the Capitol to five.
Only four other people before Brian Sicknick had been celebrated in the Capitol Rotunda: Reverend Billy Graham, civil rights icon Rosa Parks, and two other Capitol policemen, Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson, killed in a shootout in the building in 1998. Four days after the Jan. 6 attack, hundreds of off-duty police lined up on Constitution Avenue, Washington, to greet the hearse carrying Brian Sicknick's body.
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