Kyle DeFreytag, who was deployed to protect Capitol after police cleared building of rioters, died earlier in July

A fourth police officer who defended the US Capitol during the 6 January insurrection by extremist supporters of Donald Trump is now confirmed to have taken his own life.

Washington DC’s Metropolitan police department (MPD) confirmed late Monday that another of their officers, Kyle DeFreytag, died by suicide earlier in July, just hours after declaring that MPD officer Gunther Hashida killed himself on 29 July.

In January MPD officer Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran of the force, and Capitol police officer Howard Liebengood, a 16-year veteran, both of whom also responded to the 6 January attack, died by suicide.

Anyone else think 4 veteran cops suddenly killing themselves because of this sus or i have i just been CIApilled so much that i think everything else is sus?

I looked it up, suicide rate for cops is 17 out of 100,000, and the MPD has 3,800 cops, which makes 4 deaths in a year about a factor of ten higher than average. Who knows how legit this source is (addictioncenter.com lol) but

California, Florida, New York, and Texas suffer from the highest rates of officer suicides, with each reporting at least 10 police suicides last year.

So if 10 is a high year in big districts, then 4 in 7 months in a smaller district seems at least noteworthy. They're on track to hitting the suicide rate of the worst districts at this rate.

What do you think, hexers? Weird coincidence, those cops definitely killed themselves because they had to fight other cops/against their own ideology, or those cops were killed by someone else? :eye:

The thing that gets my tin foil hat on the most is 12 and 16 year veterans. 16 years of being a cop and suppressing protests in DC and this is the one that's so bad it makes you end your whole life - not just retire or try to transfer, but literally kill yourself? After 16 fucking years of being a cop? Idk comrades, seems sus to me.

  • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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    3 years ago

    You know how people say there are good cops because not all of them are actively flaming racists in their ghost costumes and the 14 words tattooed? This is what "good cops" do when they realise they are part of a mechanism of oppression. The gears start turning when the ask "if I agreed with the last protests, but had to put them down because of law and order, why was I given orders to just let these ones through?" and then they realise they are an essential part of the pain and horror afflicted on their fellow man, which a part fo them cares for, and they can no longer take it.

    • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Did any of these guys leave notes? I'd legitimately be interested in reading the last thoughts of an American cop as they realize they are in fact a fascist.

      • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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        3 years ago

        I don;t know if they did, the press and the police unions would never let us see them if they did. I heard about a cop who sent out a video talking about how much he hates what was happening to black people in this country before killing himself, so that's something.

    • Tripbin [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I wish I could believe this but I just dont have faith that cops could have that kind of self awareness. I think the bullying from all sides thing is enough of an explanation to why they did it. They likley never got "woke" to their fucked up system.