Posted on 02/01/2021 4:07:56 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
WASHINGTON—Investigators have made a preliminary determination that the police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the U.S. Capitol riot shouldn’t be charged with any crimes in connection with her death, according to people familiar with the review.
Ms. Babbitt, who served for more than a dozen years in the Air Force and Air National Guard and became a passionate supporter of former President Donald Trump, died from being shot by a Capitol Police officer after rioters smashed through a door to the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6. She had entered the building as part of a crowd aiming to disrupt the certification of President Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
The officer who shot her had been placed on leave soon after the riot while Ms. Babbitt’s death was being investigated, including on the question of whether it was a violation of her civil rights.
The Justice Department said in announcing the investigation that it was following routine procedure for whenever a police officer uses deadly force by having the Washington Metropolitan Police Department examine the shooting. The police investigators have made an initial determination that charges against the officer aren’t warranted, the people said, adding that Justice Department officials haven’t yet made a final determination on the matter. The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington is leading the broader investigation into the riot and prosecuting the more than 150 cases that have resulted to date.
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They are too busy charging Trump for ... whatever.
Could we get a name?
Verdict before trial. Figures for a Banana Republic.
Can you imagine if the roles were reversed and an Antifa/BLM activist was shot and killed?
The rioting, looting and killings would last for weeks and weeks running into the billions of dollars.
But this is just a “right wing terrorist” being put down.
Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
Oh. I see....
With all this protection it must have been a DNC insider that fired.
Yeah, she white.
They won’t release the killer’s name because they know he’d need to be in a witness protection program.
Did he not commit suicide?
Just saying, I read something to that effect, 2 days ago.
The Left would riot
Well, she was white . . .
Unarmed, in a well lit area, issuing no threats to anyone, climbing through the window. The officer issued no warning, and did not preclude the use of lesser force such as a taser, pepper spray, or a baton. He simply murdered her from ambush.
If you or I shot her, we would be arrested. If a local police officer in the midwest shot someone doing the exact same thing at city hall, they would go to prison. There are no special laws authorizing deadly force for going into the capitol.
We are now in an authoritarian police state.
Of course not, he was defending the Capitol from an insurrection of unarmed women....../s
Notice none of the Kavanaugh protesters were shot.
bttt
Well, in that case, I’m sure there is a law firm with a good track record that will sue the cop and his bosses in civil court till they bleed money from every pore...
I thought a Grand Jury and the DA made this kind of decision... is it because it’s DC and not a state?
It’s been widely reported that it is a Brazilian guy who came to the US and became a capitol police. Was at the ballfield when Steve Scalise was shot.
I can’t help feeling that if I had been in DC this might well have been me or any number of my friends. I was (am) so angry about the election steal that I probably would have been among those entering the buildings. I know many here think this is seditious, but there is only so far some people can be pushed before they try to take control in some small way.
It was an Antifa/BLM activist who was "supposed" to be guarding Steve Scalise.
And we all know how THAT worked out.
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