BTW, this is the NYT’s update. The investigation is ongoing and further changes in the account of Sicknick’s death are virtually certain.
That is not a good update and doesn’t do a good job of clearing things up. It says “One Capitol Police officer, Brian D. Sicknick, was killed, and investigators are increasingly focused on whether chemical irritants were a factor in his death, according to a senior law enforcement official. The Capitol Police said in a statement that Officer Sicknick died from injuries sustained “while physically engaging with protesters.”
Within that article and the words I quoted it links back to the Jan. 8th article where the Times once again says ”The circumstances surrounding Mr. Sicknick's death were not immediately clear, and the Capitol Police said only that he had “passed away due to injuries sustained while on duty. At some point in the chaos — with the mob rampaging through the halls of Congress while lawmakers were forced to hide under their desks — he was struck with a fire extinguisher, according to two law enforcement officials.” Why do they continue to refer back to the story that he was beaten to death when it has been factually confirmed that he wasn’t beaten? Nowhere in any of their reporting do they acknowledge that he wasn’t beaten to death. Isn’t the whole point of the Times to report the truth? Especially after they got a very important fact wrong?