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WATCH: Ashli Babbitt and the deadly shooting at the Capitol riots
sharylattkisson.com/ ^ | May 2,2021 | STAFF

Posted on 05/02/2021 12:13:35 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: Hojczyk
Not sure what is going on with your links regarding your post, but here is a link that works. Was giving me an error trying to connect to Sharyl's site:

WATCH: Ashli Babbitt and the deadly shooting at the Capitol riots

41 posted on 05/02/2021 3:18:48 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Hojczyk

The link doesn’t work for me.


42 posted on 05/02/2021 4:00:52 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far: most of the news media is agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Plain and simple murder.
= = =
In the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, degree, and (Wo)Manslaughter in 1,2,and 3 also.

With a bunch of Civil Rights Violations sprinkled liberally (sorry) about.


43 posted on 05/02/2021 6:30:00 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: TChad

They will claim that prosecuting a black man for killing an unarmed Trump supporter would be RACIST.
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That black man should have declared himself white, or non-color, or non-man, or non-murderer, or some variant of 57 to the googleplex power, to clarify things.


44 posted on 05/02/2021 6:33:25 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: Eleutheria5

If it has been ruled that the Capitol Police officer acted appropriately and within their Standard Operating Procedures, which has happened, then, under Qualified Immunity neither the “officer” nor the department can be sued.

My personal opinion is, it wasn’t a Capitol cop that did it.


45 posted on 05/02/2021 6:54:22 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Hojczyk

If that shooting was not MURDER, then I am a Unicorn Bat.
Charging the gun and then firing it at Ms Babbitt was deliberate, calculated and completed in a matter of a few seconds. The leader of that particular assault is known.
Arrest him and capture the video, This is Murder ONE.

All Americans cannot rest until the “capitol policeman” is arrested, charged, tried, convicted and hanged!!!!!!!


46 posted on 05/02/2021 7:46:46 PM PDT by BatGuano (color me "gone!")
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To: qaz123

They can be sued, and get discovery of the SOP and all evidence of the events leading up to the shooting, and argue that he did not follow SOP. If they can prove that he did, the case would be dismissed. But if plaintiffs prevail to at least show that the officer’s compliance, or lack thereof, with SOP, is a triable issue of fact, it goes on to further discovery, such as the name, badge number and service record of the officer.

Otherwise, SOP compliance rulings would give the police absolute power. We determined that the officer followed SOP, which clearly states, “anyone who looks at you cross-eyed, blow ‘em away!” The deceased was cross-eyed and looked at the officer. Case closed.


47 posted on 05/03/2021 2:04:51 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Eleutheria5

Makes sense.

Thankfully, when I was a cop I never had to deal with issues like this, nor did anyone I know.

But the skeptic in me says that they’re going to do everything in their power to keep the id of the shooter out of the public eye. Come up with some BS about national security or something. That’s where it’ll get interesting. Which leads me to believe the shooter isn’t Capitol Police.

Amazing how we supposedly have all these Champions of the People, in Congress, and yet they’re allowed to wrap themselves in such a tightly controlled security blanket where we have to pull teeth to find out what they do.

One of the things, easiest things, to shed some light on the whole thing would be through ballistics and some gun tracing. There will be no lying in that evidence.

Still would be nice to know who paid out what money to their sexual assault “victims”, but I guess we’ll never know that. Amazing.


48 posted on 05/03/2021 7:55:45 AM PDT by qaz123
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So the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia, whose Chief Judge is an Obama appointee who also serves on the Judicial Conference of the United States, is going to permit a claim of Qualified Immunity in DC, when her Conference has taken a specific interest in the rapid passage of House Bill 7120 Big Gorge Justice In Policin' Act. Probably not.

"On March 4, 2021 the House approved the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act–effectively eliminating qualified immunity for all law enforcement officers from local to federal levels. To further enhance this bill, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren introduced the Ending Qualified Immunity Act, banning qualified immunity for government officials on a local and state level."

And at a minimum, any Qualified Immunity assertion will not shield the shooter's name from disclosure.

49 posted on 05/03/2021 8:17:12 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: StAnDeliver
So the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia, whose Chief Judge is an Obama appointee who also serves on the Judicial Conference of the United States, is going to permit a claim of Qualified Immunity in DC, when her Conference has taken a specific interest in the rapid passage of House Bill 7120 Big Gorge Justice In Policin' Act. Probably not.

Almost certainly will. Qualified immunity for police officers from civil suits has been established legal precedent for some time.

And at a minimum, any Qualified Immunity assertion will not shield the shooter's name from disclosure.

That may well be true. We'll find out.

50 posted on 05/03/2021 8:30:36 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
You are probably aware of District of Columbia v. Wesby. Here is Federal District DC Judge Robert L. Wilkins (now Federal Appeals DC Judge Robert L. Wilkins), Obama appointee, denying Qualified Immunity to DC Police in a modern case, on far less compelling circumstances:

"Of the 21 charged (arrested at "Peaches Party"), 16 sued the city and the (DC) police department over what they said were violations of their Fourth Amendment rights. They argued that police had no probable cause to arrest them, since officers had not adequately considered their claims that they had no idea Peaches was not legally allowed to use the house for the party. Those arrested said that since they assumed they were legitimately invited into a house by a person that lived there, they shouldn’t have been arrested or charged with trespassing.

A judge (Wilkins) in the U.S. District Court for D.C. agreed with them. The judge also denied two of the arresting officers qualified immunity, which meant the officers could be held personally liable for the arrests. The court ruled that the two officers were on the hook for $680,000 in damages along with attorney fees. Altogether, the two officers were ordered to pay those arrested more than $1 million."

I don't think it's even remotely a slam dunk Qualified Immunity is granted at Federal District DC, by anything less than another trip to SCOTUS, at which point Resident Xiden may have mooted review by signing either the House or Senate "Big Gorge" Bill.

51 posted on 05/03/2021 11:38:42 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: Hojczyk

This whole story smells rotten. I would not be surprised if the government settles for an undisclosed (hundred million) and gets a NDA.


52 posted on 05/03/2021 11:41:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Captainpaintball

Here’s an interesting article about David Bailey:

US Capitol Special Agent David Bailey Who Murdered Ashli Babbitt is a Brazilian Immigrant and Black Lives Matter Militant — HE REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO KILL TRUMP SUPPORTERS ON FACEBOOK FOR MONTHS!
[Original headline was in all caps]

The story is at this link:
https://nworeport.me/2021/04/18/us-capitol-special-agent-david-bailey-who-murdered-ashli-babbitt-is-a-brazilian-immigrant-and-black-lives-matter-militant-he-repeatedly-threatened-to-kill-trump-supporters-on-facebook-for-mo/


53 posted on 05/03/2021 11:50:00 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: StAnDeliver
You are probably aware of District of Columbia v. Wesby.

Somewhat. I know that the courts have ruled that if police officers violate the law in the performance of their duties then that could lead to them forfeiting implied immunity. The difference is that the DOJ has ruled there is no evidence of a crime on the part of the Babbitt shooter and no violation of her civil rights occurred. So if the shooter didn't violate the law then implied immunity should remain in place.

54 posted on 05/03/2021 12:11:54 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
It's an interesting assertion, but Terry Roberts clearly chose Federal District DC because it isn't the "crime" that matters but rather whatever is left of the Saucier 2-step QI SCOTUS salsa:

So if it IS Bailey, as I believe, using a now-weakened Saucier test as a guide -- given Bailey's social media postings, not just the FB posts after the shooting, which outright imply guilt, but the earlier anti-Trump posts in which Bailey asserts "you don't want these problems" in direct response to President Trump: "stand back and stand by" -- is an open door for Terry Roberts to walk through, and the Xiden Administration is f^cked. Hello, blank check!

A Federal District DC Chief Judge and a promoted District-to-Appellate DC Judge -- both White Hut appointees who have expressed loathing towards Qualified Immunity -- and a clever attorney who has for an opponent, a deep-pocketed government who doesn't want to release the shooter's name.

This guy Roberts has them over a barrel.

55 posted on 05/03/2021 12:44:48 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: StAnDeliver

Why is it imperative to keep this man’s identity secret? Because if it is revealed it will expose the fact that the CP hire radical black nationalists. A large black man could push a 100 pound woman back through the window. He decided to execute her instead in violation of any “use of force” doctrine. Sometimes officers discharge their weapons because they are in fear of their lives. This officer was under no such stress. “The killer knows that he’s as safe as a kitten...at least until 1/20/25”


56 posted on 05/30/2021 12:37:43 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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