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This guy was a train wreck years before he killed Ashli Babbitt.
That he was promoted several times over the years shows what a cancer affirmative action/DEI truly is.
The bombshells keep getting worse for Michael Byrd, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
After Just the News reported that Byrd had a lengthy disciplinary sheet and numerous dings on his permanent record during his time with the Capitol Police in November, two separate sources reported in December that Byrd, among other things, was on a so-called “Brady list” or “Lewis list” of officers who could not or would not be called to testify by prosecutors because of their untrustworthiness.
The revelation was first reported by Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations on Dec. 6 in a post on X, in which he said Byrd “had so many misconduct infractions that he was placed on a secret blacklist known as ‘the Lewis list’ maintained by the US Attorney in D.C. Officers on the list cannot testify in trials.”
Now, to be clear, the existence of the “Lewis list” is hardly a secret blacklist, although who is on it is secret. Vice magazine reported on it back in 2020 in the context of a group seeking information about who is on it via Freedom of Information Act requests.
The lists, more broadly, are called “Brady lists” across the country — in “honor,” I guess you could call it, of a 1963 Supreme Court decision, Brady v. Maryland. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled, the government must turn over all evidence that could be seen as exculpatory to defense attorneys.
Over time, prosecutors and police departments began to realize that if a police officer had a long record of problematic behavior and was still on the force, that record of problematic behavior would have to be turned over to the defense in cases where that officer might have to testify. Hence, “Brady lists” began to be developed within the prosecutorial side of the criminal justice system: lists of officers who were off-limits to testify in cases because of their record.
And, boy, did Byrd have a record, all right:
“The issues in Captain Michael Byrd’s background included a failed shotgun qualification test, a failed FBI background check for a weapon’s purchase, a 33-day suspension for a lost weapon and referral to Maryland state prosecutors for firing his gun at a stolen car fleeing his neighborhood, according to congressional and police documents obtained by Just the News,” the outlet reported in November.
“Byrd’s record was uncovered during a larger House Administration Oversight Subcommittee investigation into the Capitol Police disciplinary process and was chronicled in a letter Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the panel’s chairman, sent Wednesday to the department’s chief, Thomas Manger, in which the lawmaker expressed concerns about the officer’s promotion to captain.
“’This Subcommittee is dedicated to ensuring USCP has autonomy from political pressures, so it can make operational and personnel decisions,’ Loudermilk wrote. ‘However, based on the information obtained by the Subcommittee regarding USCP’s handling of Captain Byrd following January 6, 2021, and his significant disciplinary history, I have concerns about USCP’s decision to promote him to the rank of Captain.'”
The issues began in 2004 — when Byrd gave conflicting reports to police regarding shots he fired at a stolen car as it was being driven away from his neighborhood while he was off-duty — and continued until 2019, when “then-Lieutenant Byrd was referred to [the USCP Office of Professional Responsibility] for leaving his loaded service weapon in a bathroom in the Capitol Visitor’s Center.”
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That he was promoted several times over the years shows what a cancer affirmative action/DEI truly is.
The bombshells keep getting worse for Michael Byrd, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
After Just the News reported that Byrd had a lengthy disciplinary sheet and numerous dings on his permanent record during his time with the Capitol Police in November, two separate sources reported in December that Byrd, among other things, was on a so-called “Brady list” or “Lewis list” of officers who could not or would not be called to testify by prosecutors because of their untrustworthiness.
The revelation was first reported by Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations on Dec. 6 in a post on X, in which he said Byrd “had so many misconduct infractions that he was placed on a secret blacklist known as ‘the Lewis list’ maintained by the US Attorney in D.C. Officers on the list cannot testify in trials.”
Now, to be clear, the existence of the “Lewis list” is hardly a secret blacklist, although who is on it is secret. Vice magazine reported on it back in 2020 in the context of a group seeking information about who is on it via Freedom of Information Act requests.
The lists, more broadly, are called “Brady lists” across the country — in “honor,” I guess you could call it, of a 1963 Supreme Court decision, Brady v. Maryland. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled, the government must turn over all evidence that could be seen as exculpatory to defense attorneys.
Over time, prosecutors and police departments began to realize that if a police officer had a long record of problematic behavior and was still on the force, that record of problematic behavior would have to be turned over to the defense in cases where that officer might have to testify. Hence, “Brady lists” began to be developed within the prosecutorial side of the criminal justice system: lists of officers who were off-limits to testify in cases because of their record.
And, boy, did Byrd have a record, all right:
“The issues in Captain Michael Byrd’s background included a failed shotgun qualification test, a failed FBI background check for a weapon’s purchase, a 33-day suspension for a lost weapon and referral to Maryland state prosecutors for firing his gun at a stolen car fleeing his neighborhood, according to congressional and police documents obtained by Just the News,” the outlet reported in November.
“Byrd’s record was uncovered during a larger House Administration Oversight Subcommittee investigation into the Capitol Police disciplinary process and was chronicled in a letter Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the panel’s chairman, sent Wednesday to the department’s chief, Thomas Manger, in which the lawmaker expressed concerns about the officer’s promotion to captain.
“’This Subcommittee is dedicated to ensuring USCP has autonomy from political pressures, so it can make operational and personnel decisions,’ Loudermilk wrote. ‘However, based on the information obtained by the Subcommittee regarding USCP’s handling of Captain Byrd following January 6, 2021, and his significant disciplinary history, I have concerns about USCP’s decision to promote him to the rank of Captain.'”
The issues began in 2004 — when Byrd gave conflicting reports to police regarding shots he fired at a stolen car as it was being driven away from his neighborhood while he was off-duty — and continued until 2019, when “then-Lieutenant Byrd was referred to [the USCP Office of Professional Responsibility] for leaving his loaded service weapon in a bathroom in the Capitol Visitor’s Center.”
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Report: New Revelation About Ashli Babbitt's Killer - Was on Secret DC Blacklist
"Byrd’s record was uncovered during a larger House Administration Oversight Subcommittee investigation into the Capitol Police."
www.westernjournal.com
