Posted on 01/07/2021 12:32:38 PM PST by Magnatron
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said he witnessed the moment a police officer shot a woman inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and insisted the officer had no other choice.
A pro-Trump mob of rioters rammed their way into the Capitol Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the election results, sending lawmakers into hiding.
Video shows a group attempting to force itself into the House chamber, where lawmakers were present. As protesters were breaking glass on the doors that kept them out to force their way through, a law enforcement officer fired a shot. One woman, Ashli Babbitt, was struck by a bullet and later died.
"When they broke the glass in the back, the [police] lieutenant that was there, him and I already had multiple conversations prior to this, and he didn't have a choice at that time," Mullin told ABC News' George Stephanapoulos on "Good Morning America" Thursday.
"The mob was going to come through the door, there was a lot of members and staff that were in danger at the time. And when he [drew] his weapon, that's a decision that's very hard for anyone to make, and, once you draw your weapon like that, you have to defend yourself with deadly force."
Mullin said police "showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could."
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So much for a Joementia style Warning Shot...
A fully functional Brain.
Bull Shite! Did he even know what his target was and if it was actually a threat, much less what was beyond it? Would a “citizen” be afforded the same good shoot presumption in similar circumstances?I doubt it. Did any law enforcement shoot at any Antifa BLM ever? How do they justify that difference?
Yet a trigger-happy moron Capitol Security Guard shoots her through a window, and that was justified?
Yesterday did prove one thing, though. It showed that the police can kill a protester without triggering a night of arson-fueled riots in every major city.
Yep, no imminent threat of death or serious physical injury. The destruction of property, in this case, did not warrant Deadly Force.
Take his word for it!
Or watch the video.
Oooohhhhh!!!
A scary woman!
Kill her! Kill her now! She might hurt me.
Stinking coward.
Go home and hide in your basement you big chicken.
Actual video of the shooting. There were policemen with guns and a man in a suit right beside her. The murderer fired from 10 ft. away through a window.
A perceived property crime does not rise to using Lethal Force.
He is a lying on of a bitch. Or the lying son of a female dog, which ever you prefer. She was murdered by the Police.
Mullin is damn fool. There were several police officers right behind Babbit and it is a miracle they were not hit.
Mullin, I now see you for what you really are, and I look forward to your demise.
“didn’t have a choice”?... I think he had a lot more options than kyle Rittenhouse.
And how soon will whites be rioting over the shooting?
All true.
And they say vigilantes are bad. What do you call trigger happy anti-Trump shooters who kill a woman like this? In a country where there is no honest system of justice.
Judges, FBI, CIA and DOJ are all leftists. Otherwise Barr and Durham would have found time to get around to prosecuting the guilty Dems.
The video shows that she and everyone with her were immediately in the presence of heavily armed police officers the second she was shot nor did those police officers show any sign of having an interest in fighting with the protesters she obviously did not have to be shot it’s absurd furthermore if he was protecting the chamber the protesters eventually were allowed to enter the chamber.
SICK
BS. Because the cops standing right behind were mere observers who happened to be in the line of fire?
Now STFU, Markwayne.
“And how soon will whites be rioting over the shooting?”
I think Greenich CN would be a good place start.
Sunday?
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