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Column: Ashli Babbitt was not a peaceful protester. It's clear why the cop who shot her was exonerated
LA Times ^ | 08/24/21 | Nicholas Goldberg

Posted on 08/24/2021 6:51:49 PM PDT by Robwin

Babbitt crossed a line that had been clearly delineated. The police obviously felt it was a last stand. The potential danger was obvious. Babbitt’s shooting appears to have stopped the forward movement of the crowd. All this happened on a day when the vice president’s life had been threatened, and when police were being savagely beaten elsewhere in the building.

Could the mob possibly have been stopped without Babbitt’s death? Maybe. Perhaps there was a way to have avoided deadly force. But it’s not clear to me what that way would have been — and it is clear that if Babbitt had gone through that doorway, an out-of-control situation would have deteriorated further.

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This was a riot, Ashli Babbitt was at its vanguard and, based on what I’ve seen, the police officer who shot her was doing his job.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: ashlibabbitt; babbitt; banglist; bs; capitol; capitolriot; fakenews; jan6th; nicholasgoldberg
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To: Robwin

Was there not 3 or 4 Capitol officers that committed suicide? Any possible connection?


21 posted on 08/24/2021 7:23:17 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: Robwin

Thankfully, there is no statute of limitations for murder. One day perhaps we’ll have a legitimate AG and the DOJ will bring the house down on this despicable murderer.


22 posted on 08/24/2021 7:27:08 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: Robwin

Over the last 2 years we’ve all seen bodycam footage of justifiable police uses of deadly force where:

1) the officer’s name was immediately released.
2) said officer was automatically suspended from work pending investigation.
3) despite video proof the officer, his family and fellow officers were harassed legally, and physically threatened by interested parties for the victim and sometimes the local DA.

There is no justice.


23 posted on 08/24/2021 7:29:20 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Robwin

#*&% Communists


24 posted on 08/24/2021 7:29:22 PM PDT by Pollard (#*&% Communists)
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To: Robwin

She had no weapons. It was a murder.


25 posted on 08/24/2021 7:33:26 PM PDT by eastexsteve
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To: All

Shameful lies of small men.


26 posted on 08/24/2021 7:36:46 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (It's time we got serious about COVID-74 and COVID-92 and the Bulgarian variant and ...)
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To: Robwin
Nicholas Goldberg:


27 posted on 08/24/2021 7:38:37 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Robwin

I read this earlier and I completely disagree with the premise thaat Ashli thru the door would have stampeded the crowd.

The author fails to acknowledge that
a) there were officers in front of the door before Ashli got there and they moved out because
b) 4 or more additional officers with riot gear moved up the stairwell towards the door to relieve the officers moving out, and
c) within a minute or so, the additional officers would have had command of the door, and
d) the brandishing of a weapon to an intelligent person would have stopped that person and we cannot argue that Ashli was below intellect, being an intel officer of rank

the author tries hard but it’s a big fail


28 posted on 08/24/2021 7:40:54 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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The White House has a deadly force policy. As does the Supreme Court. Congress does too. Don’t mess with any of the three branch of government. This isn’t that difficult.


29 posted on 08/24/2021 7:50:33 PM PDT by bhl
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To: Robwin
See the source image

Break out the chest waders,
the sh*t's getting deep.

30 posted on 08/24/2021 7:52:13 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: PLMerite

Another Hate-America commie whose name should be remembered.


31 posted on 08/24/2021 7:52:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: arthurus

And the man casually walking across the hallway in the background... prolly the action signal.

It was staged.


32 posted on 08/24/2021 7:54:21 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: blueplum

>> 4 or more additional officers with riot gear moved up the stairwell towards the door

One was seriously cross-eyed.


33 posted on 08/24/2021 7:56:26 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: mass55th

>> an unarmed woman, who isn’t breaking anything

The “glass” pane was effortlessly push out of the frame on cue. Ashli was then assisted into the window frame.

Once the gunman was in position, the nearest actor signals the second actor who in turn facilitated Ashli’s entrance into the window frame.


34 posted on 08/24/2021 7:59:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Robwin

Everything this POS says is pure lunacy and BS.


35 posted on 08/24/2021 8:10:22 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Gene Eric

That sounds about right. The script was already written, and the actors were all in place.


36 posted on 08/24/2021 8:11:03 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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The video referenced in this chat was produced shortly after the “incident”. It’s a compilation of the various smartphone footage captured at the “scene”. If I never saw the video, I’d be chiming along with the rest of you — scary.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3932002/posts

I know my position is unwelcome. But every detail & report supports a false flag.

When considering this event to be real, so many things don’t add up.

I’d rather know Ashli was alive, and simply made a bad decision. Better that than dead for making a bad decision.


37 posted on 08/24/2021 8:13:03 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Robwin

“Babbitt’s shooting appears to have stopped the forward movement of the crowd.”

False. The author is a failure at logic and grammar. Babbi did not actively shoot. She was passively shot. Her murder did not stop the forward movement.

The LA Times has mastered the art of deception and cannot handle the truth. John and Ken on KFI said that the LA Times would increase their readership if they wrote positively about Trump. Of course, John and Ken announced in November 2020 that the general election was fair. Thus, both the LA Times and John and Ken are ancient relics from a bygone era when they had customers.


38 posted on 08/24/2021 8:14:07 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Robwin
The potential danger was obvious. Babbitt’s shooting appears to have stopped the forward movement of the crowd.

How do they explain an alleged insurrection was stopped with one pistol?

39 posted on 08/24/2021 8:16:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Robwin

It looked like a planned hit to me.


40 posted on 08/24/2021 8:16:58 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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