Isn't it very unusual that four capital building guards committed suicide after the Jan 6 riots?

A deeply traumatic event to be sure, but I don't think we even see trends like that in urban riots or terrorist attacks. What was behind it? Disillusionment with the country?

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Carla · 61-69, F

I would say.
Imagine being a capitol officer, bound to the maga message, and the people you believed to be your brothers and sisters wishing you dead for upholding your oath, because, blue lives matter.
Disillusion can be a powerful thing.

Not saying those that took their lives fit this scenario....

plungesponge · 41-45, M

@Carla yeah I had that thought too. I mean I wouldn't know what it would feel like to have to defend a building against citizens you are meant to be protecting, but I also heard there was considerable Maga support within the guard units and maybe that would have made it even more disorienting