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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How did he save all these lives? That was just one door, demonstrators were all over, and the only person killed was by him.
If you were thinking those demonstrators were going to “cut off heads” you should not have had a gun in your hand. Who gave him such crazy information?
He seems to think it’s over.
Great reminder!
He murdered her on orders from Nancy.
Saved countless lives?
A psychotic rationalizing his actions.
They want us to make the first move.
And remember.. the first move in threw public eye, not reality. And perception is 9/10ths reality.
Steve Trevor wasn't around to protect her this time!!
Is this the guy everyone has been saying was the one who killed her?
‘Lt. Michael Leroy Byrd, the a 28-year-veteran of the Capitol Police killed Ashli Babbitt, has broken his silence: “I know that day I saved countless lives”’
He was probably right. If she got in she probably would have clawed a hundred politicos to death with her finger nails.
She was held in place as she tried to retreat, she was shot... murdered...
I only hope after this leftist madness that he can be prosecuted by a non corrupt justice department
He put his life in danger by holding out as long as he could for a backshot, like his noble fibbie brethren taught him.
But he had to settle for the surprise neck shot, because he saw that she was completely helpless with her hands wrapped up on the window sill...
You are a liar. You had 2 OFFICERS STANDING NEXT TO HER CARRYING AR TYPE RIFFLES. They watched her start to climb through. You hid like a coward in a door way curiously hidden from the camera on you. Watched her WITH BOTH HANDS EMPTY crawling through a broken door window. Instead of taking 2 steps and pushing her back through the window, you chose to lunge forward and make sure you had close up shot. But shot like a scared person, not someone that trained for that moment. Lunged and pulled the trigger and jumped backwards hiding yourself back in the cover from the camera in the doorway. You should be fired and charged accordingly along with the 2 officers with the riffles that stood and did nothing. Maybe the 2 with riffles could be looked at but they did nothing. One could have covered while the other pulled her back. You had AR and the others had nothing. They all involved showed no training, except after he shot her one officer actually pointed the riffle at the shooter and then pulled back and made a hand signal. Making the hand signal took training. What happened to the rest. I want to see this all be investigated along with the witnesses standing there watching and the person that did the video. I know it was a stressful situation but this is a lies.
Has the interview already been showed.
Murderer...coward...Pelosi’s little bitch.
Yeah, gee, Birdie boy, you were SO brave, Executing an unarmed woman… Yeah birdie boy so brave, so courageous… You’re a fucking hero. What a scumbag
His own would do nicely.
I hope he gets what he deserves.
BTTT
Narcissistic psycho.
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