why were you NOT behind the door where you were supposed to be???
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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I won’t say what I’m thinking, but I hope he enjoys walking around in public.
He has an address.
I’m just saying.
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I sincerely hope that Lt. Byrd spends the rest of his life looking over his shoulder. Chicken shit MFer.
... but there had been reports of shots fired in the Capitol.
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That would be *your* shot because you’re the only one who fired his gun.
The democrat establishment, which has sold its soul to America haters and black nationalists, ordered the justice department to set this murderer free because he is black and killed a White Trump supporter. That is no longer a crime in the USA.
But defacing a george floyd STATUE is prosecuted as a hate crime.
I quote myself: They intend to eliminate us, after taking all our money.
Who was Ashli going to go after? What a fruitcake.
He's right.
Granny had an American flag.
Saved people from her jacket? Her little body??
Unreal.
why were you NOT behind the door where you were supposed to be???
I hope his useless life ends with a bullet.
“I know that day I saved countless lives....“I believe I showed the utmost courage on Jan. 6.”
Total delusions of grandeur fed by a constant supply of backslapping Corrupt Democrats and Liberal media glorifying him beyond recognition.
IMO, he was nothing but a coward who killed an unharmed woman in cold blood.
No one shares your high opinion of yourself except a few political hacks.
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.”
And at the same time you lying POS some of your fellow officers were escorting people into the building, holding the doors open.
Wtf? “They” were going to cut off his head, so he shot an unarmed woman to death?
The police immediately arrived on the other side of the door, rendered aid, and had zero problem with the demonstrators. So where did he get that he saved all these lives? From what?
“ There was a long hallway right behind you and there were several armed officers on the same side of the barricade as Ashli Babbitt. Who were in your line of fire BTW. ”
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^THIS^
She appears to have been selected, escorted, and helped into position
to be made dead. Because the people stealing the country from us are
just. that. evil.
~Easy
Nah. He’s a coward with a gun and a badge.
Afraid for his life by an unarmed 100 lbs. girl? Is he afraid of the dark, too? Sleeps with a night light next the bed and worries about monsters under the bed or in the closet.
Reverse the colors: white cop shoots dead an unarmed black woman who showed up to protest Trump. Then see if the media lets him make his case that he ‘saved countless lives’.
He will meet his match sooner or later.
All in good time. All in good time!
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