Wrong to both. Any other department would have fired Byrd and in any jurisdiction other than D.C. he would have been charged with murder. Here is an excerpt form an article published October 13th 2021: "
More than
500 pages of internal documents from DC Metropolitan
Police concerning the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the
Capitol on Jan. 6 reveal witness accounts stating she was not holding a weapon at the time of her death and how "upset" the officer was after shooting her.
"These previously secret records show there was no good reason to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt," stated Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which obtained the documents through a May 2021 FOIA
lawsuit. "The Biden-Garland Justice Department and the Pelosi Congress have much to answer for the over the mishandling and cover-up of this scandalous killing of an American citizen by the U.S. Capitol Police."
Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was shot and killed during the storming of the Capitol by a bullet fired by Capitol Police officer Lt. Michael Byrd. The documents from the DC Metropolitan Police department show that witnesses did not see Babbitt holding a weapon prior to her being shot, and reveal conflicting accounts of whether Byrd verbally warned Babbitt before shooting her. "
Since then Byrd has been paid tens of thousands of dollars, far in excess of any other C
More than
500 pages of internal documents from DC Metropolitan
Police concerning the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the
Capitol on Jan. 6 reveal witness accounts stating she was not holding a weapon at the time of her death and how "upset" the officer was after shooting her.
"These previously secret records show there was no good reason to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt," stated Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which obtained the documents through a May 2021 FOIA
lawsuit. "The Biden-Garland Justice Department and the Pelosi Congress have much to answer for the over the mishandling and cover-up of this scandalous killing of an American citizen by the U.S. Capitol Police."
Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was shot and killed during the storming of the Capitol by a bullet fired by Capitol Police officer Lt. Michael Byrd. The documents from the DC Metropolitan Police department show that witnesses did not see Babbitt holding a weapon prior to her being shot and reveal conflicting accounts of whether Byrd verbally warned Babbitt before shooting her." Byrd got tens of thousands of dollars in extra pay, far more than any other Capital Police officer, AND PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN.