Posted on 07/04/2021 4:11:05 PM PDT by thegagline
The Acting House Sergeant at Arms appeared before a House committee and appears to have named Ashli Babbitt’s shooter.
Timothy Blodgett, in an exchange with Rep. Herrera-Buetler during a hearing on Jan. 6 that appeared on C-SPAN, seems to have casually dropped the name.
“The situation where you discussed, where Officer [Byrd] was at the door when Ms. Babbitt was shot, it was our Sergeant at Arms employee who rendered the aid.”
It is interesting that Blodgett names an “Officer Byrd” in the context of Ashli Babbitt’s shooting. An African-American Lieutenant Mike Byrd was reported by Roll Call as having once left his service weapon in a bathroom in 2019.
“A U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant left his service weapon in a bathroom Monday night and the unattended gun was discovered later by another Capitol Police officer,” Roll Call reported.
“After the House adjourned on Monday, Lt. Mike Byrd left his Glock 22 in a bathroom in the Capitol Visitor Center complex, according to sources familiar with the incident,” the report said. “Byrd is the commander of the House Chambers section of the Capitol Police and was on the job Tuesday and Wednesday.”
“Byrd addressed the incident at Tuesday morning’s officer roll call and, according to sources, told fellow officers that he ‘will be treated differently’ because of his rank as a lieutenant,” the report added. “It was not clear what exactly the lieutenant meant by the comment.”
The New York Times reported more information about the unidentified shooter in January, who called him a “lieutenant” and a “veteran officer.” He was not charged for excessive force or for negligence after shooting the unarmed woman. As far as the unidentified police officer is concerned, he is reportedly in hiding. The Capitol Police is directly supervised by the U.S. Congress, and is thus immune from subpoena.
“More than six weeks after Babbitt succumbed to a single gunshot wound to the upper chest, authorities are keeping secret the identity of the officer who fired the fatal round,” Real Clear Investigations’ Paul Sperry noted. “They won’t release his name, and the major news media aren’t clamoring for it, in stark contrast to other high-profile police shootings of unarmed civilians.”
“The officer who opened fire on Babbitt holds the rank of lieutenant and is a longtime veteran of the force who worked protective detail in the Speaker’s Lobby, a highly restricted area behind the House chamber, sources say,” Sperry notes. “An African-American, he was put on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation led by the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, which shares jurisdiction with the Capitol Police. The Justice Department is also involved in the inquiry.”
In April, the Biden Department of Justice dropped all charges related to an unidentified Capitol police officer’s shooting of Ashli Babbitt.
The unnamed capitol officer held aloft .40-caliber Glock handgun and pointed it at Babbitt, while Sullivan shouts repeatedly that “there is a gun.” The officer shoots her after about 15 seconds, while police officers look on without intervening. The video can be watched below and the incident begins about 45 minutes in (caution: graphic):
Bttt.
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Just like Seth Rich's killer's name is known.
Putin asking some provocative questions that should give Americans goosebumbs. Americans in the future may see the inside of a real concentration camp not too far from where they live. Stolen elections have dire consequences.
What is/was scary to me:
There had been basically no response/questions like Putins’ on this disaster from members of congress until he made those remarks.
This whole thing,stinks so bad, that Putin had to ask questions ignored by all members of congress, and most of their media/mediots,re the shooting and then illegal imprisonment of Americans.
So, we now have three different stories here. The original was that she was shot in the throat. Now another that she was shot in the shoulder, and this one where she was shot in the chest.
Is it a wonder that the MSN cant be trusted?
Remember, it can’t happen here is happening here.
Where is the ACLU? Where are all those Civil Rights Attorneys that show up on TV every time some Criminal resists Arrest.
Notice there was no verbal warning before the shot was fired and no attempt to subdue Ashli Babbitt and stop her for daring to climb through a broken Window?
Imagine for a moment that an Unarmed Burglar was attempting to climb through your Bedroom Window and you shot them before they got half their Body inside. You would be arrested on the spot for Murder, no doubt.
The scariest thing of all is that half this Country believes that Ashli Babbitt deserved to die since she as part of the so called “insurrection”, including our top Military Brass.
Putin has a good understanding of the situation as it exists in America. Better understanding even than what Americans know of their own country.
Solzhenitsyn said it would happen. The Russians would abandon Communism and the West would embrace it.
Thanks for posting this reality:
“Putin has a good understanding of the situation as it exists in America. Better understanding even than what Americans know of their own country.”
>>Where is the ACLU?<<
Wong question. We know from experience that the ACLU is a lefty/commie organization.
At first I thought it was Judge Judy’s Bailiff, Officer Byrd.
I was being facetious. #;^)
The ACLU, the original home of Justice Ginsburg...
There appear to be file images of her in MAGA gear, and her family says she was a Trump supporter, so I guess she was.
If you ever find that suthener, post me the link. I would love to see it. Thanks
If you ever find that suthener, post me the link. I would love to see it. Thanks
I just did a search for “Ashley Babbitt wearing MAGA gear”. Two pictures showed up that appear to be taken at the same time (same clothes). Those were the same pictures I was referring to that I have seen before. They may be the same picture with one being mirrored and cropped. That’s all there is. I’m still not convinced.
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