{"id":118388,"date":"2021-02-04T21:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T02:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118388"},"modified":"2021-02-04T21:27:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T02:27:33","slug":"crenshaw-honors-fallen-capitol-officer-at-funeral-he-was-one-of-our-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-honors-fallen-capitol-officer-at-funeral-he-was-one-of-our-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Crenshaw Honors Fallen Capitol Officer At Funeral: \u2018He Was One Of Our Best\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrenshaw-honors-fallen-capitol-officer-at-funeral-he-was-one-of-our-best%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118388&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Brian-Sicknick.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>At the request of the family, Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) spoke Wednesday at the funeral of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who died after responding to the January 6 riot at the Capitol building, calling the fallen officer \u201cone of our best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe joined the Air Force with a mission to serve our nation\u2019s defense. He lived for others,\u201d Crenshaw told mourners gathered at Arlington National Cemetery for the funeral, according to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/crenshaw.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400\"><span>remarks<\/span><\/a> <span>released by his office<\/span><span>. \u201c<\/span><span>After he was injured on January 6th, he spent his last remaining hours texting fellow officers and checking in on them. People needed Brian, because he was a good man, because he was one of our best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is another common thread that links those buried here at Arlington with Brian,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are protectors. These are the men and women that stand in the breach. That gap between the helpless and the aggressor, between right and wrong, between good and evil. Many like to think they too could stand in that gap, but they\u2019d be wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The funeral occurred after Sicknick lay in honor at the Capitol building, a tribute reserved for the most exemplary of private citizens. Back in 1998, two Capitol police officers, Jacob J. Chestnut and John M. Gibson, who were killed in the line of duty were chosen to lie in honor. Only two others have been selected for the designation since then: Rosa Parks and Reverend Billy Graham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the United States Capitol Police Department, Sicknick died at the hospital the day after he was \u201cinjured while physically engaging with protesters.\u201d Investigators have since struggled to build a murder case due to a \u201cl<\/span><span>ack of evidence that could prove someone caused his death as he defended the Capitol,\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/02\/politics\/brian-sicknick-charges\/index.html\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a> <span>CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his funeral speech, Crenshaw observed: \u201cThis past year has been a low point, no doubt, but it is men like Brian that remind us of the grit and tenacity and good character that America was built on. He may not be with us anymore, but if we are to honor him then we should do so by using his memory as a reminder of what this country can be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA reminder that there are indeed more like him. A reminder that the bravery and love inside of Brian Sicknick is not peculiar to him, but part of the American DNA. A reminder that our duty is to make these heroes proud, prove to them that their sacrifice was for a country worth sacrificing for. That we are a people worth sacrificing for. With men like Brian standing in the gap, it is hard to imagine that we are not,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Crenshaw concluded: \u201cThis is still the greatest country on earth. This is still the great American experiment that has done more good for mankind than any other civilization in history. We will not forget that fact just because times are hard. We will persevere and strive to be better, and do justice to the memory of those buried here. Officer Brian Sicknick, may you rest easy here on these hallowed grounds. You are in good company. You have undoubtedly earned your place here amongst America\u2019s best. God bless you. God bless this great country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the request of the family, Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) spoke Wednesday at the funeral of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who died after responding to the January 6 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892685,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4172,5242,5383,5386,5380,4707],"class_list":["post-118388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-capitol","tag-crenshaw","tag-fallen","tag-funeral","tag-honors","tag-officer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}