Biden paid tribute to fallen law enforcement officers and honored those who fought off the Jan. 6 insurrection by declaring “because of you, democracy survived.” He singled out the 150 officers who were injured and the 5 who died in the attack’s aftermath
WASHINGTON — Framed by the Capitol, President Joe Biden paid tribute Saturday to fallen law enforcement officers and honored those who fought off the Jan. 6 insurrection at that very site by declaring “because of you, democracy survived.”to remember the 491 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2019 and 2020.
Hundreds of officers and their families sat on chairs assembled on the Capitol’s west front. Some in the audience dabbed their eyes as the president drew connections with their loss and his own history of grief, including the deaths of his first wife and two children, comparing it to “losing part of your soul.”
“We expect everything of you and it’s beyond the capacity of anyone to meet the total expectations,” Biden said. “Being a cop today is one hell of a lot harder than it’s ever been.”
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