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This resolution designates January 6, 2025, as "1/6 Day" in Pennsylvania to commemorate the law enforcement response during the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. The resolution provides extensive context about the events of that day, detailing how approximately 9,400 rioters, including organized domestic terrorist and paramilitary groups, violently breached the United States Capitol, overwhelming and outnumbering police officers. The resolution highlights that officers were attacked with various tactical items like pepper spray, smoke grenades, and body armor, and that approximately 140 police officers were injured during the defense of the Capitol. It specifically honors five law enforcement officers who died in connection with the events: Howard Liebengood and Brian Sicknick from the U.S. Capitol Police, and Kyle DeFreytag, Gunther Hashida, and Jeffrey Smith from the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. The resolution recognizes how law enforcement protected members of Congress and their staff, and how Congress subsequently returned to complete the electoral college certification process. The final section of the resolution mandates that copies be sent to Pennsylvania's Congressional Delegation.

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