Posted on 08/20/2021 5:30:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Capitol police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot on January 6 has reportedly been formally exonerated after the Capitol Police conducted an internal investigation, according to an internal document.
A memo from the commander of the Capitol Police’s Office of Personal Responsibility obtained by NBC News says that “no further action will be taken in this matter” after the officer was exonerated for his use of force, the outlet reported.
There are now no remaining open investigations into Babbitt’s shooting.
In April, the Justice Department announced that it would not pursue criminal charges against the officer, saying that it did not find that the officer had violated any federal laws. The officer’s name has not been made public.
“Officials examined video footage posted on social media, statements from the officer involved and other officers and witnesses to the events, physical evidence from the scene of the shooting, and the results of an autopsy,” the Justice Department said in an April 14 press release on its decision. “Based on that investigation, officials determined that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.”
Video of the incident showed Babbitt, 35, at the front of a crowd of Trump supporters inside the Capitol near a door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby just outside the House. On the other side, members of Congress were being evacuated. Babbitt is seen being hoisted up by a pair of men to a broken window, at which point the police officer in plain clothes fires one bullet in her direction, and she falls backward and starts bleeding. Babbitt was transported to a hospital, where she died later.
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Black cop shoots unarmed white woman who posed no threat; goes scot free. Some lives matter more than others, and they march with signs saying just that.
"the officer had violated any federal laws"
What would have happened if the cop was white and the victim was black?
In related but unreported news, Don Vito Corleone has announced that his internal investigation has concluded that the Corleone family is not now, nor has it ever been, involved in criminal activities.
Depends on which locality, I have no respect for Portland police that protect Antifa.
Imagine that. Isn’t this kind of like the fox guarding the henhouse?
Looked like a hit to me.
I think he had orders to shoot someone.
Nancy needed a death to make it a “deadly insurrection”.
That country with a Constitution that stipulates natural born citizen ended at noon an January 20, 2009.
Obama is not one.
Not ONE of our elected OR appointed would stand for that Constitution.
Ignoring the Constitution was the fatal mistake.
Perhaps so. I don’t have any idea why other than that.
It would have to go something like this. Who knows.
“Kill one. That will stop them.”
“But they aren’t presently a threat.”
“Doesn’t matter. Hurry up. Kill someone.”
The FBI decided that they won’t pursue it any further but we’re told that their person of interest has been “exonerated”. WTF!
There were 4 cops right behind her.
She was no threat.
Bingo.
“Depends on which locality,”
Obviously.
Yeah. Sure.
Today is the same as yesterday?
Wow.
You are talking 60 years ago.
Will this country even exist on 10 years?
We sure do live in interesting times
Sigh
Her killer’s names is Capitol Police Lt Michael Leroy Byrd. He shot her BY ACCIDENT!
According to the clips I’ve seen, 4 or 5 leos just stood there and let her start climbing through the broken window.
Heck, the Romans rebelled against and overthrew Nero. And their Secret Service equivalents offed multiple bad emperors. Uncloseted modern pagans drool over sending us to the Catacombs or even the Coliseum.
The scene was staged. Ashli’s entrance into the window frame was coordinated by two individuals responding to the position of the shooter. This is shown on the publicly released compilations of the phone videos taken at the scene.
Who taunts and then awaits for the readiness of an armed cop prior to entering his line of fire?
The “exoneration” makes sense if the cop was shooting blank rounds.
Everything makes sense when one considers the unacceptable possibility of roleplay.
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