Well, I think we recognize those anti-police tropes that get thrown around by the snarky and the irresponsible. Or those who have had conflicts with law enforcement in their past.
However, the widow of the officer believes it was the conflict with one or more Capitol attackers that directly led to his death.
And too, would we be surprised if that widow...and the family's insurer ......would file a tort suit against whoever the videos demonstrate were the attackers of Sickinick?
After all, being violently struck, then having high-strength chemical repellant intentionally sprayed directly into his face, could ---a jury may decided-----could have been a significant contributing factor leading to the officer's untimely death shortly after being attacked.
Now the good poster Kidd, and/or a defense attorney, may very well argue it was really years of HoHo's that killed him within hours of the filmed attacks.
But I kinda/sorta suspect that a jury would be skeptical of the Dunkin'Donut theory as the sole contributor.
So, if a modicum of justice for the policeman's family can be imperfectly delivered out of the defendant's bank accounts, home equity, and garnished paychecks.....so be it.
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Well, not being trained in 'constitutional rights' and/or 'use of deadly force'......I would not disagree wholly with the good poster Tory. So, in the absence of those attributes I must rely on this:
"USCP's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) determined the officer's conduct was lawful and within Department policy, which says an officer may use deadly force only when the officer reasonably believes that action is in the defense of human life, including the officer's own life, or in the defense of any person in immediate danger of serious physical injury," said a statement from the United States Capitol Police released on Monday, August 23.
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Ummm, watch the several videos again. Please.
He got her center-mass as, I believe, officers facing an imminent threat are trained to do.
I would say it was good shooting per training, however, I will acknowledge she made herself an awfully easy close-range target leaping towards him as she did.
DOA Babbitt is DOA because of Babbitt......and not because 'he barely missed' others. If those other two officers were truly in danger of being hit, as the poster Rigby asserts....well then, it was a good thing that DOA Babbitt was there to stop the bullet.