04-03-2023, 01:26 PM
(04-03-2023, 01:18 PM)BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI Wrote: I feel it was murder b/c officer Sicknick did die due to the direct and proximate results of the injuries he sustained during the insurrection on January 6th. You do understand homicide and murder are two different things?
Homicide means only an act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.
So it's not the medical examiner's responsibility to determine if it was a cause of death or not, it his job to determine the cause of death and in this case it was a stroke due to injuries sustained from the attack on our Capitol on January 6th. The language from the link you provide meets the definition of homicide b/c Officer Sicknick's death occurred due to the direct and proximate result of another's actions.
"This does not change the fact Officer Sicknick died in the line of duty, courageously defending Congress and the Capitol."
I'm definitely not gonna claim to be an expert here. Here's what I think I know:
Medical Examiners do determine if the cause of death is a homicide or something else. A quick google seems to make this true
If there's no homicide then there's no murder.
You are now expressing an opinion that. from your point of view, there was a murder. You were previously commenting to where it sounded like you were presenting it as a fact. If that's not the case, sorry.
