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Cop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Was Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing Without Interview
realclearpolitics.com ^ | 1/11/2022

Posted on 01/12/2022 7:13:58 PM PST by bitt

When U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd went on “NBC Nightly News” to tell his side of shooting and killing unarmed Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, he made a point to note he’d been investigated by several agencies and exonerated for his actions that day.

“There’s an investigative process [and] I was cleared by the DOJ [Department of Justice], and FBI and [the D.C.] Metropolitan Police,” he told NBC News anchor Lester Holt in August, adding that the Capitol Police also cleared him of wrongdoing and decided not to discipline or demote him for the shooting.

Byrd then answered a series of questions by Holt about the shooting, but what he told the friendly journalist, he likely never told investigators. That’s because he refused to answer their questions, according to several sources and documents reviewed by RealClearInvestigations.

In fact, investigators cleared Byrd of wrongdoing in the shooting without actually interviewing him about the shooting or threatening him with punishment if he did not cooperate with their criminal investigation.

“He didn’t provide any statement to [criminal] investigators and they didn’t push him to make a statement,” Babbitt family attorney Terry Roberts said in an RCI interview. “It’s astonishing how skimpy his investigative file is."

Roberts, who has spoken with the D.C. MPD detective assigned to the case, said the kid-glove treatment of Byrd raises suspicions the investigation was a “whitewash.”

The lawyer's account appears to be backed up by a January 2021 internal affairs report, which notes Byrd "declined to provide a statement,” D.C. MPD documents show.

Asked about it, a D.C. MPD spokeswoman confirmed that Byrd did not cooperate with internal affairs agents or FBI agents, who jointly investigated what was one of the most high-profile officer-involved shooting cases in U.S. history.

“MPD did not formally interview Lt. Byrd,” deputy D.C. MPD communications director Kristen Metzger said. And, “He didn’t give a statement while under the U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: andagain; ashlibabbitt; bananarepublic; banglist; byrd; capitol; coverup; deepstate; deminsurgency; dissent; donutwatch; jan6; jan6th; michaelbyrd; pelosiscoup; police; protest
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To: bitt

What a murderous piece of shit.


21 posted on 01/12/2022 8:25:59 PM PST by centermass_socrates (Michael Byrd murdered Ashli Babbitt and still hasn't answered for it. Hey DOJ trolls, FU.)
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To: bitt

grrrrr...


22 posted on 01/12/2022 8:45:33 PM PST by kanawa ((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
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To: bitt

Intentionally shot an unarmed woman and the deep state is OK with that.


23 posted on 01/12/2022 8:51:56 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: bitt
***Cop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Was Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing***

😠 Not by me!

24 posted on 01/12/2022 8:57:28 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: bitt

We have the government we deserve.


25 posted on 01/12/2022 8:59:19 PM PST by NoLibZone (Ruling class noticed our total lack of pushback for how the election & Covid was handled.)
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To: ifinnegan

He needs to be prosecuted.

There’s no way this was a good shoot > IMO.


26 posted on 01/12/2022 9:19:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegience to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: bitt

Absolutely a violation of police procedures.


27 posted on 01/12/2022 10:00:08 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: bitt

Like I said when it first happened - it would be ruled a “good shoot”. I go with the odds 99999:1 with the 1 being the chance of it being anything but a good shoot.


28 posted on 01/12/2022 10:04:22 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Yogafist

“Yeah, it’s called the fifth amendment, and it applies to cops as well. “

Yeah, it’s called a Garrity warning and cops are almost always compelled to give a statement as a condition of employment. It cannot be used on the criminal side, but it IS used to see if they complied with training, policies, and procedures because it was compelled. Failure to sit for that interview is cause for termination.


29 posted on 01/12/2022 11:34:01 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: bitt

Byrd = murdering orick.

Woman killer .

What come round go round


30 posted on 01/13/2022 12:30:53 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: ifinnegan

The capital police are goons. I had 2 close personal friends that were capital police, one admin, one a shift captain, both a bit off, they finally went bananas and lost most normalcy with me when PDJT was elected. They never were the same again.


31 posted on 01/13/2022 2:46:20 AM PST by Ikeon (Amund abruy was a thief who got caught and a was a general pos. Never talk to THE COPS )
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To: bitt; Fred Nerks

Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd.

This is the face of a fascist murderer.

And there are thousands like him lined up to serve the fascist Dem Party, Racial Nationalist Socialists of America.

They now control election voting, the media, education, FBI and the DOJ. Soon they will control the military, of which they now have only partial control.

Its time. We either de -elect these fascist ba$tards or there will be a Civil war, red states against the federal government.It will be short, violent and deadly.

32 posted on 01/13/2022 3:58:38 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: bitt

He was used to make a statement.


33 posted on 01/13/2022 4:14:47 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: bitt

Black Democrat doing Pelosi’s dirty work.


34 posted on 01/13/2022 5:00:03 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Candor7

IF the Republicans take over in 2022, McCARTHY BETTER FIRE EVERY DAMN ONE OF THESE CAPITOL POLICDE THUGS!!


35 posted on 01/13/2022 5:05:04 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: bitt

Jan 6th will forever be “Ashli Bab it Day”.


36 posted on 01/13/2022 6:13:49 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (Lets Go Brandon.)
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To: bitt

byrd used the exact same method as elected politicians to walk away from his murdering Ashli. Think hitlery


37 posted on 01/13/2022 9:44:43 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them )
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To: Ann Archy

Agreed. Some of them like Byrd have committed crimes. They need to be tried and jailed.


38 posted on 01/13/2022 10:25:22 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: bitt




39 posted on 01/13/2022 10:43:44 AM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: bitt
I'm sure if some cop killed a BLM or Antifa thug at point blank range AND stated he DID NOT FEEL THREATENED while killing the person - he would get a pass too... Right?
/S

40 posted on 01/13/2022 11:41:10 AM PST by GOPJ
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