Posted on 08/26/2021 4:45:04 PM PDT by RandFan
The officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has come forward after months of secrecy surrounding his identity due to reported death threats and heated Republican rhetoric about his actions.
Lt. Michael Leroy Byrd, a 28-year-veteran of the force, told NBC News on Thursday that it has been “frightening” to receive death threats for doing his job.
“They talked about, you know, killing me, cutting off my head, you know, very vicious and cruel things. … There were some racist attacks as well,” he said, calling them “disheartening because I know I was doing my job.”
In the moments leading up to the shooting of Ashli Babbitt, Byrd said: “I was very afraid. I’m hearing about the breaches of different barricaded areas, officers being overrun, officers being down.”
“Once we barricaded the doors, we were essentially trapped where we were. There was no way to retreat. No other way to get out,” he added.
Byrd said he did not regret his actions, though he called firing his weapon a “last resort.”
“I followed my training, and I spent countless years preparing for such a moment,” he said, noting that to him in that moment Babbitt “was posing a threat” to lawmakers in the House Chamber.
At that time, he said, he did not know that she was unarmed, but there had been reports of shots fired in the Capitol.
“I know that day I saved countless lives. I know members of Congress as well as my fellow officers and staff were in jeopardy and in serious danger. That’s my job.”
“I believe I showed the utmost courage on Jan. 6, and it’s time for me to do that now” in coming forward, he said.
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He’s smoking the good 💩.
Wheres the part about him being a BLM apologist????
The next time, my guess is the insurrection will not be a guided tour.
Years back a family would know how to deal with this Murdering Capitol P.O.
To Paraphrase a statement by the Character Drax in Moon Raker. Hopefully some trouble finds this guy.
There were armed cops standing right by her.
Do you have armed cops in your bedroom?
If she was that violent, they could have subdued her.
He will be..
I have no doubt if trump or someone like him gets back in to office the charge of murder 1 will be on the table and charges will be brought.
I doubt it. It isn’t a priority. There would be an investigation, though, and her family would likely bring a civil suit against the Capitol police.
He saved a load of horseshit. Nothing more.
The left double-down like this in the face of every avoidable disaster.
“Believe it or not, I saved lives that day. And I’d do it again.” Or some variant of the same.
He wouldn’t be saying anything unless he were confident the fix was in.
You are a coward, a liar, and a murderer.
Big brave man wannabe had to kill an unarmed woman to feel masculine. You are nothing but a pansy with a pistol, you pathetic squid. You should spend the rest of your groveling life in JAIL.
How could he kill some who isn’t dead? I read numerous posts and opinions of Sages and Wise Men on Free Republic that not only she was not killed, she wasn’t even shot. The wisdom of those who wee dogmatic that she was not killed exceeds [in their minds] that of Almighty God.
Maybe this guy can get the house next to Lon’s. The Eff Bee Eye has been hiding Horiuchi aboard Quantico for 30 years now, in their federal Killers Protection Program.
He appeared quite unintelligent and a useful fool. I wonder who was behind him egging him on to shoot?
Could Ashli’s race or gender have had any influence on his action? Has he ever said or done anything to indicate he is biased against whites or women? If so, those would be powerful arguments against him, he could be accused of racism and gender-based violence.
“Is this the guy everyone has been saying was the one who killed her?”
After a quick search, I found this from mid-April:
“Photos: Allegations Surface That The Identify Of Ashli Babbitt’s Shooter Is Lieutenant Michael Leroy Byrd As Biden’s DOJ Closes The Investigation
Red State Nation ^ | 04.14.2021 | Ann Stossel”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3950695/posts
His fellow black cop who murdered white unarmed Justine Damond said the same thing...he was frightened for his life so he shot her..
That made it all OK...
Leroy Brown
Pravda level lies
Unbelievable
The left has become precisely what they accused the establishment of being two generations ago.
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