Posted on 08/26/2023 6:10:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd, who shot Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt inside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, has now been promoted to the position of captain.
Byrd, who has been in the position of lieutenant, shot Babbitt as she was trying to make her way into the Speaker's Lobby of Congress through a window on Jan. 6, 2021. After the fact, Byrd did not face any charges.
Babbitt, 35, was a supporter of former President Donald Trump as well as an Air Force veteran. She died after being taken to Washington Hospital Center.
The officer is now set to be promoted to Captain after the Jan. 6 incident, according to Roll Call.
A slate of other promotions among the Capitol Police are also set to happen in the coming weeks.
Byrd previously told NBC that Babbitt, who was unarmed at the time, was an "imminent threat and danger to the members of Congress" and that he just wanted "the truth to be told."
He recounted in the interview that he felt very afraid when he was in the chamber with the protestors gathering in the Capitol building. He said that there were "reports of shots fired through the House main door onto the floor of the chamber."
Those reports later turned out to be false and he told NBC that his ignorance of whether she was armed "did not" alter his decision to shoot. He also stated that he had "saved countless lives."
After Byrd's conduct was internally investigated by the Capitol Police, it was determined that his "conduct was lawful and within Department policy, which says an officer may use deadly force only when the officer reasonably believes that action is in the defense of human life, including the officer’s own life, or in the defense of any person in immediate danger of serious physical injury.”
The investigation goes on to say that his actions may have "potentially saved Members and staff from serious injury and possible death from a large crowd of rioters."
Later, internal documents from the Capitol Police showed that there was "no good reason" to shoot Babbitt.
Well it was a personal favor for the speaker of the house ... so ... captain seems a little light .
Doesn’t he get one of those phony bologna book deals that fatten up the old bank account?
peter principal...
Does Nancy Pelosi still control the Capital Police?
Byrd is 54, black and overweight. It won’t be long.
Now all the capitol police flat feet will be wantin’ to kill them some white women so maybe they can get a promotion too.
I guess preserving the union and reconstruction aren’t all they are cracked up to be.
I’m sorry, but slavery should have been abolished at the dawn of the Constitution. Screw the 3/5th compromise. We could have had our Civil War right then and there and not deal with the problems we’re having now.
FREE HARRISON FLYOD!
He should be promoted to 30 years in a federal penitentiary.
no statute of limitations on murder.
No out side agency investigated boyd.
Cremated within 48 hours and without being identified in-person by an immediate relative.
Where the hell is Kevin McCarthy? Wimp.
Surprised it took them this long to raise him on high.
“Where the hell is Kevin McCarthy?”
Good question.
Promotion points? Sounds more like some kind of gang initiation ritual.
Amen metmom!
If by God’s divine intervention we get Trump to overcome the fraud of 2024, this SCUM will be captain for only a year then FIRED when Trump hits office!!
He needs to be jailed and given the death penalty for asssassination.
Rewarded for his service to the Bidenreich.
I was wondering about McCarthy too, then I remembered the picture of one of the CA senators with Lisa Murkowski up against the wall, looking threatening, they killed Kemp’s daughters boyfriend in a car crash that was obviously a hit, parents might be brave enough to try to stand up for themselves, but not when their kids are threatened
I was hoping Liz or ransomnote would be able to find and post those pictures to remind people why DC is fuller of cowards than we would like
Then if nothing else works, they just sue people into bankruptcy
That’s why being a billionaire helps Trump, and not backing down, ever...
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