Posted on 08/27/2021 8:33:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After months of supposed hiding, the Capitol Hill cop who shot unarmed pro-Trump protestor Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol, Lt. Michael Byrd has come out of the woodwork to talk about his shooting, in a softball interview with NBC's Lester Holt.
Which is weird stuff, given that for months his identity had been concealed, by investigators, Congress, and other supposed watchdogs, on the grounds that revealing it to angry Trump supporters was too dangerous, and whose investigative conclusions excused him from accountability.
Now he's come out -- telling Lester Holt of his great heroics. He doesn't even need to, having been exonerated repeatedly.
The most likely reason is this lawsuit, and these efforts by Babbitt's family to get answers:
Babbitt’s family is suing for the identity of the officer to be publicly released but so far that effort has not borne fruit. They are also filing a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit, claiming the officer didn’t issue a verbal command according to the Washington Examiner.
A lawsuit would concentrate anyone's mind, even in the name of his agency, making it quite likely that he would think of preparing a defense.
It's a typical lawyer tactic, when it can be done and a judge doesn't slap it down, to try to sway public opinion, particularly when a defense is weak
Holt, who's no stranger to political water-carrying, would be the perfect such vehicle.
The problem here is that the effort has probably already backfired.
Byrd, who makes north of $100,000 a year as a Capitol Police lieutenant, comes off as a dumb goober, a flatfoot in any other police department, a classic Parkinson's law case of a man promoted to his level of incompetence.
After all, he has a history of mishandling weapons
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To rub it in everyones face.
book deal
$$$
He should be charged with first degree murder for murdering an unarmed woman.
A coward with power is a very dangerous thing to everybody.
I think it was because his name was leaked and some outlet was going to publish it anyway.
His civil trial will be a hoot.
I don’t think he did it. Likely the shooter was a member of CBC and this is a fall-guy cover up.
I don’t believe anything coming out of DC is honest. Its all lies. And death. Ashli RIP.
Guessing that there is a lawsuit coming his way from her family so it was going to come out….even though most here already knew his name….he is a low life killer in my opinion.
It’s to get people used to the idea that it is acceptable for the police to shoot right-wing demonstrators, and that cops who kill dissenters are to be celebrated as heroes.
A distraction/scapegoat.
Convenient distraction. The media’s gonna pull January 6th out of their bag every time Biden’s administration is looking bad.
Michael byrd is a demented racist cold blooded murderer and must be held accountable!
Say her name, ASHLIE BABBITT
I hope he gets smoked.
He’s a cultural hero now. How many people would have died, what BS. The book deal pay off is one of the left’s favorite dodges. No cash pay off, just a multimillion dollar book deal for a book no one ever buys.
Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during Capitol riot breaks silence: ‘I saved countless lives’... (???)
I don’t believe a lot of what come out if DC either but in this instance give it a rest. This guy was identified here on FR several months ago. Please stop with everything is a conspiracy. It does not help the cause of LIBERTY.
Yep.
Lawsuit.
He is proud to have Murdered an unarmed woman while lying in wait while she was trespassing. You talk about Moral Bankruptcy and just plain outright EVIL, this is it.
Exactly how did he save countless lives? What a buffoon. Someone photoshop his picture in mall cop movie poster.
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