Strange how all of the right wing loons were all for deadly force a few years ago.
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I think the fact that you don’t know what you’re talking about speaks for itself. Keep on trying though, I’m sure there is a participation trophy out there somewhere for you.I
I think the fact that he murdered a civilian speaks for itself.
What window was the insurrectionist emerging thru?Cop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Was Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing Without Interview
11 Jan 2022 ~~ By Paul SperryCop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Was Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing Without Interview
Above, Lt. Michael Byrd, the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt, told NBC News he gave fair warning, but under penalty of perjury he refused to say anything to investigators. By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvewww.realclearinvestigations.com
When U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd went on “NBC Nightly News” to tell his side of shooting and killing unarmed Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, he made a point to note he’d been investigated by several agencies and exonerated for his actions that day.
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In fact, investigators cleared Byrd of wrongdoing in the shooting without actually interviewing him about the shooting or threatening him with punishment if he did not cooperate with their criminal investigation.
“He didn’t provide any statement to [criminal] investigators and they didn’t push him to make a statement,” Babbitt family attorney Terry Roberts said in an RCI interview. “It’s astonishing how skimpy his investigative file is."
Use-of-Force Experts Skeptical
Some use-of-force experts are skeptical Byrd did the right thing, even after watching his largely sympathetic NBC interview.
“The limited public information that exists raises serious questions about the propriety of Byrd’s decision to shoot, especially with regard to the assessment that Babbitt was an imminent threat,” said police consultants and criminologists Geoffrey Alpert, Jeff Noble and Seth Stoughton in a recent Lawfare article.
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Unlike in a criminal investigation, there is no right to remain silent in a civil case. Wrongful-death litigation claiming negligence may hinge on whether Byrd warned Babbitt before opening fire on her.
“We have serious reservations about the propriety of the shooting,” they wrote.
Byrd, whose mouth was covered with a surgical mask, took aim outside her field of vision and fired as her head emerged through the window. Roberts compared her shooting to an “execution.”
“Killing her by shooting her at point-blank range was completely unnecessary,” he said. “This alone renders the shooting legally unjustified.”
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Can anyone one this board name one other US law enforcement officer who shot an unarmed suspect, and then remained unnamed and cleared in a secret investigation? It's truly remarkable how the very same Progressive Marxist/Socialist Commie leftists who believe police are out-of-control marauders and seek their defunding are completely content with the machinations occurring here. This was an execution; it was criminal homicide.
Michael Byrd has literally got away with the murder of a U.S. citizen on Federal property caught on camera and our government and their agencies weaponized against Americans have condoned the act.
I think Jonathan Turley is much more qualified to speak on the subject of democrat government corruption and unjustified summary executions than you are. Try again.I think the fact that you don’t know what you’re talking about speaks for itself. Keep on trying though, I’m sure there is a participation trophy out there somewhere for you.
False. There was an investigation. They found he acted correctly.
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The thing about murder is that unless you're found "not guilty" in a court of law by a jury of your peers, you can always be charged at a later date, especially when it's really investigated.
She charged at the officers? Dude...she never even got through the door! How do you "charge" at someone from the other side of a door and a barricade?Other views:
The barricade was being violently attacked and shattered, with Ms Babbitt vocally encouraging the destruction while loudly denigrating the uniformed police on the opposite side.
The crowd was warned to back away. Repeatedly.
A gun was brandished and pointed.
It was loudly acknowledged by Ms Babbit's cohorts beside her.
She knew it was there.
And pointed at the location of the violent breach.
Still, she persisted.
When the violent breach was finally effected she charged at the officers through that shattered breach....despite the warnings.
Babbitt, the duped political naif....paid for her foolishness with her life.
Important Takeaway:
Do not participate in a violent mob destroying police barricades in an important U.S. government building .......and then charge at the police after being warned not to......and when you know a gun is pointed at you.*
* Source: "Staying Un-shot for Dummies" by Captain Obvious.
Well, feel free to charge a cop with murder during a riot.... I can't wait to see the "pro-cop" republicans investigating the police actions...
Bring it on.
Man-o-man, there is a sentiment here that just won't let the corpse---or the family---of Ms. Babbitt rest.She charged at the officers? Dude...she never even got through the door! How do you "charge" at someone from the other side of a door and a barricade?
Believe you? Now that is hilarious.Believe me even cops don't like Michael Byrd and many believe it was an execution. In fact, many believe that he should have been relieved of duty when he left his gun in the Mens Bathroom. In most cases Byrd would have become a rubber gun cop in any Police force but the D.C. Police for leaving his gun in such a manner.
Did you even watch the video leading up to the shot that killed Ashli Babbitt? Nothing you just stated is even remotely close to what happened. "Assembled officers"? There was one officer and he was hiding off to the side of the door. The rest of the hallway was clear. The Capital Police in front of the doors left that post and gave the protesters free access to that doorway. The hallway was empty. It was as if the Capital Police were inviting them to break down that doorway only to have someone hiding out of sight who jumped out and shot someone at point blank range through the door! Is it now a capital offense in America to break the window in a door? If so then why weren't liberal protestors that broke windows and doors at Federal buildings all over the country shot and killed? The truth is...they weren't even kept in jail overnight!Man-o-man, there is a sentiment here that just won't let the corpse---or the family---of Ms. Babbitt rest.
Like puppies with a chew-toy.
Look, let's saddle up one more time: Ashli is dead because of Ashli. She made a whole series of bad choices -----chose to join a violent mob breaking into the Capitol; chose to join a violent subset of that mob; chose to participate with them in their violent breaching of a barricade specifically erected to bar them from killing or kidnapping U.S. legislators; and once the barrier was breached, and despite being firmly, assertively, ordered to quit, to back away, to leave, to stop........she chose not to.
Instead, she chose to leap towards the officers who were commanding her to retreat.
At no time dd Ashli, who had taken an oath to protect America, at no time did Ashli stop, or attempt to convince her cohorts to quit their violence against the barricade. Instead, she angrily hurled epithets at the police on the other side of the barricade. Ashli did not stop when ordered. Ashli did not retreat in the face of an aimed gun held by a police officer. Instead, she leaped forward at the assembled officers on the opposite side.
Ashli is dead because of Ashli.
Let the woman.....and her family .....be at peace.
Why would anyone believe your lying ass doc?Believe me even cops don't like Michael Byrd and many believe it was an execution. In fact, many believe that he should have been relieved of duty when he left his gun in the Mens Bathroom. In most cases Byrd would have become a rubber gun cop in any Police force but the D.C. Police for leaving his gun in such a manner.
Why would anyone believe your lying ass doc?
Again, stop proving people right about your ability to critically think. She was involved in a riot, she determined her fate.Michael Byrd should be forced to join the Rubber Gun Squad.
In police longo there is the term rubber gun squad. What is a rubber gun squad? - Answers
The term "Rubber Gun Squad" is police phraseology for an Officer who is stripped of his or her service weapon for his or her own safety or the safety of others, AND placed on restricted(desk) duty. It is the time span between initial suspension and termination of employment. Police Officers are...www.answers.com
Barney "one bullet in his pocket" Fife.Michael Byrd should be forced to join the Rubber Gun Squad.
In police longo there is the term rubber gun squad. What is a rubber gun squad? - Answers
The term "Rubber Gun Squad" is police phraseology for an Officer who is stripped of his or her service weapon for his or her own safety or the safety of others, AND placed on restricted(desk) duty. It is the time span between initial suspension and termination of employment. Police Officers are...www.answers.com
Exactly like he's been exonerated in a closed door whitewash session after murdering an unarmed Air Force veteran. Does he have something on Nancy Pelosi?Let's not forget that Byrd previously lost his pistol in the Mens' Room of the Capitol building and he was not reprimanded or lost his job for his carelessness.
I think ANYONE would be more qualified to speak on the Babbitt murder than a leader of our partisanI think Jonathan Turley is much more qualified to speak on the subject of democrat government corruption and unjustified summary executions than you are. Try again.
What window was the insurrectionist emerging thru?
Again, stop proving people right about your ability to critically think. She was involved in a riot, she determined her fate.