Only five deaths — one cop and four rioters — are directly attributable to the siege:
Four additional police officers present at the siege have since committed suicide. While the reasons remain unclear, the wife of one officer claims her husband became deeply depressed following the siege, where he was punched and hit in the head with a metal pole.
In July, officers testified to Congress that they feared they might die during the siege as they were beaten, threatened, and taunted with racial insults.