Ashli Babbitt murdered, mother arrested, U.S. now a police state

American Thinker ^ | 01/09/2023 | Eric Utter

[SeekAndFind]

U.S. Capitol police recently arrested Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot two years ago by Capitol police officer Michael Byrd during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

On Jan. 6, 2023, the anniversary of Ashli’s death.

Yet Byrd, the Capitol police officer who murdered Ashli-- a diminutive, unarmed veteran posing no danger to anyone-- was never charged, his actions never investigated. Despite the fact that he has a documented history of mishandling firearms. (For example, accidentally leaving a loaded handgun in a Capitol bathroom.)

Witthoeft was part of a small group peacefully protesting Ashli’s death while walking down the side of a street. Police claim they were blocking traffic. Video footage shows a police officer telling them to move to the sidewalk or they would be arrested. Witthoeft then turned her back to police and was promptly handcuffed and arrested, essentially for jaywalking. The same police force that murdered her daughter arrested her for jaywalking…on the anniversary of her daughter’s death that she was protesting.

If Ashli Babbitt’s mother had donned Atifa attire and burned down a Target, she would have been O.K. In fact, liberals like Kamala Harris would have given her moral—and probably financial—support. Had Ashli herself simply robbed a Walgreen’s or threatened a conservative justice of the Supreme Court, she would still be alive.

This is beyond disgusting, beyond repulsive, beyond sickening. It is sheer in-your-face evil, the state bludgeoning those it rules over because it can—and desires to intimidate anyone thinking of disobeying it in the future. Killing a petite, unarmed, female veteran? That’s okay if she was a Trump supporter and you are protecting the establishment. Guilty of “wrong-think?” Then you must pay the price.

[Codeflier]

The US is the new Soviet Union. I despise this country now. Sometimes its hard for me to believe, but I now think America is a POS country.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I can’t believe how rapidly the U.S. turned into the U.S.S.R. Jr. A real police state.

[Karliner]

You could see this coming. The “approved by government” BLM riots and and what has come since..

We should see how Brazil has done it so far? Guess the CIA/FBI didn’t consider behavior modification won’t happen with China and the US as models?

[I want the USA back]

“Jaywalking” is one of those actions that the police can turn into a crime when it suits the purposes of the politicians who order the police. “Loitering” is another one. There is no definition of loitering, so the police can accuse you of it for any action at all. “Disturbing the peace” is another.

Those laws exist precisely for that purpose - to enable police to arrest someone for another reason without ever revealing the real reason.

Just as the fbi raided Trump’s place claiming it was about classified documents, when it was really political retribution ordered by a decrepit angry bitter vengeful self-pooping old man.

[Leaning Right]

> Witthoeft then turned her back to police and was promptly handcuffed and arrested, essentially for jaywalking. <

Almost everywhere in the United States jaywalking might get you a ticket. I say “might” because there is such a thing as officer discretion. It won’t get you arrested and handcuffed. But I suppose these cops were determined to get this poor lady on something. If it wasn’t for jaywalking, it might have been for “disorderly conduct”, or some other such nonsense.

But we mustn’t blame the police here. We must continue to back the blue. Because just like the stooges of fascists everywhere, they were probably just following orders.

[Leaning Right]

Just to be safe, I should probably add a /s to the end of the last paragraph in my post #6.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Almost everywhere in the United States jaywalking might get you a ticket.

Ho ho ho, I’d like to see a traffic cop try issuing a ticket to scores of pedestrians in Manhattan ... :)

[Salvavida]

My pastor did a recent sermon on what faces us. His summarized the US is under judgment, and the only option for true Christians is to humble themselves, pray, seek God’s face, and turn from their wicked ways. (2 Chron 7:14)

This has no application for anyone else.

[euram]

We’ve lived through a coup by Big Pharma, Media Moguls, the alphabet agencies, George Soros, and his army of termites. We don’t have many on “our side” who even acknowledge what has happened and even fewer who are willing to do anything about it. It used to be said that we could vote our way out of whatever mess we were in, but elections and voting have become a twisted heap of wreckage in the wake of the coup.

[The_Media_never_lie]

If you watch the whole video, she was given the opportunity to get out of traffic and move to the sidewalk to avoid arrest. She chose to be arrested. From the video, but that is the way I saw it.

[SaveFerris]

It’s shocking what has happened to this nation since 2008

[Nea Wood]

I feel the same way. At one point, I never would have believed I’d feel the way I do now. There’s still a lot of great people living in this country, but our government and media are evil and corrupt.

[waterhill]

Knew a streetwalker who got busted for Jaywalking back in my musician days. She had um, relations with a city council member. I would shoot that bastard these days

[waterhill]

I never ‘knew’ her. She hung out the bar where I jammed. I was a bad dog, and she was pretty cool. Dallas County, TX

[Karliner]

And more so since 2020. It’s all speeding up to keep everyone from never looking back too far or plotting a course. Indeed these are the latter days.

[TexasGator]

“I can’t believe how rapidly the U.S. turned into the U.S.S.R. Jr. A real police state.”

You don’t know what a real police state is.

[TexasGator]

“If you watch the whole video, she was given the opportunity to get out of traffic and move to the sidewalk to avoid arrest. She chose to be arrested. From the video, but that is the way I saw it.”

We don’t need no stinkin’ video. We have a click-bait headline!

[Midwesterner53]

Someone needs to quickly remind the capitol gestapo that they now work for the Republicans. Someone needs to remind that Republicans of that too.

[TiGuy22]

It’s shocking what has happened to this nation since 2008

We know now what the “fundamental transformation of America” meant.