neverevergiveup wrote: “Ashli Babbitt was a 35 year old mother who had served her country in the Air Force as a patriot. She was unarmed, did not pose any credible threat, and was shot point-blank by Capitol police officer Michael Byrd “
Exactly what does that have to do with Michael Fanone?
Ashli Babbit was shot while attempting to climb through a shattered glass panel of a barricaded door leading into the Speaker’s Lobby inside the U.S. Capitol. She was part of a mob attempting to breach the entrance where lawmakers were being evacuated, and she ignored verbal commands and warnings from a U.S. Capitol Police officer prior to the shooting.
It is absolutely relevant to Michael Fanone. These were two people on different sides of the political divide (I’m not going to say left vs right, because that’s entirely simplistic and inaccurate). One of these people, who had joined the US military as a patriot, was involved in a march that became more than that - in the context of now established involvement of undercover operatives (you can try to dispute that but you will be defenseless; Patel has clarified the involvement of at least 100 undercover operatives of one sort or another; As FBI director he would know).
Ashli Babit was a 5’2” 110 pound unarmed wife and mother who posed zero threat to the armed officer who shot her, point blank. Zero threat. Any feeble attempt to characterize that in a different light will be entertaining. Would you have shot her? Would you have been that much of a wuss? Further, this all happened AFTER the Capitol police allowed (actually somewhat guided) protesters into the Capitol). Plus, it was entry into a lobby (your words). That deserves being killed for?
The protesters were being fired upon with tear gas and crowd control projectiles (among other things) and Fanone was 100% conscious when he came out from the crowd with no visible injuries according to witnesses (i.e. he wasn’t beaten unconscious as he claimed). He did, however, make a lot of money from the incident.
For comparison, a federal judge in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction restricting federal officers from using tear gas and kinetic projectiles at Portland ICE protests unless there is an imminent threat of physical harm. So, if you are from the Trump crowd you are fair game; if you are an anti-Trump pro-illegal immigration protester you are protected.
I could (and will if necessary) go on and on. That said, what exactly are you trying to say on this site that has many patriots who have risked their lives for this nation on it? Who are you defending? Do you think January 6th was truly an insurrection? Really? If so, what was propping up a sadly infirm President (Biden) and using his infirmity to push a leftist agenda?
I don’t know you, or your history here, but I think I speak for many here when I say that there has been a significant shift in posts on FR that seem anti-conservative and anti-Trump. If you don’t like conservatism or are a conservative and don’t like Trump - just explain why. No need to fire bullets from behind a wall.