Stormningen av Kapitolium (2021-01-06)

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
New DC Medical Examiner Report:

Of the 5 people whose deaths are connected to the Capitol riot, 4 were pro-Trump supporters:

* 2 of heart attack
* 1 of amphetamine poisoning
* 1 from homicide (Ashli Babbitt)
* Still do not know the "cause and manner of death" for Off. Sicknick.

KEY FACTS
Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego who was shot by an officer while storming the Capitol, died of a gunshot wound to her shoulder, according to the ruling.

The medical examiner’s office deemed Babbitt’s death a “homicide,” meaning it was the result of “intentional harm of one person by another.

Fellow riot attendee, 34-year-old Roseanne Boyland, died as a result of a drug overdose, the report says, listing her death as “accidental” and the cause as “acute amphetamine intoxication.”

This contradicts previous reporting that suggested she had been crushed by fellow rioters while trying to enter the Capitol.

The other two civilians that died that day were killed by disease, as opposed to injuries incurred at the riot, the medical examiner said, listing the death of 50-year-old Benjamin Phillips of Pennsylvania and 55-year-old Kevin Greeson of Alabama as “hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease” (heart failure).

A lawyer for Greeson previously clarified that he died of a heart attack, while Phillips died of a stroke, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

A ruling on what killed Officer Sicknick. The report said Sicknick’s cause and manner of death are still pending.