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Capitol Police officer 'didn't have a choice' in shooting Babbitt, GOP congressman says
Fox News ^ | 7 Jan 2021 | Morgan Phillips

Posted on 01/07/2021 12:32:38 PM PST by Magnatron

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To: Magnatron

There is always a choice......

Mullin is just pulling from the Nurnberg Trials excuses playbook......!


181 posted on 01/07/2021 2:02:05 PM PST by cranked
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To: FormerFRLurker

“Conservatives used to be the party of law and order. What happened to that?”

The socialists took over the police forces and the police stopped enforcing the law — except for political purposes and against enemies of the Deep State.


182 posted on 01/07/2021 2:02:29 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Magnatron

The name of the cop should be made public. Just like the cop who put a knee on the Floyd guy in Minneapolis.

And, talk about a double standard; the couple in St. Louis are charged while just brandishing their weapons when a mob threatened their home, but no charge for shooting someone, who is unarmed, on the other side of a door, in a public building?


183 posted on 01/07/2021 2:04:04 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: Sonar5

The Speaker’s Lobby is the hallway outside the House of Representatives Chamber. There are multiple sets of doors that lead into the chamber.

And, there was round in the chamber of the street-clothed US Capitol policeman that shot to kill Ashli Babbitt.


184 posted on 01/07/2021 2:04:15 PM PST by Texan4Life
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To: Jewbacca

You didn’t watch the video, did you?


185 posted on 01/07/2021 2:04:26 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Magnatron

Join the new Patriot Party. My wife and I did. If enough join, the Repubbies will become a minor third party. The Gramps and McConnell’s can go cut bait.


186 posted on 01/07/2021 2:04:32 PM PST by TStro (Better to die on your feet than live on your knees)
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To: Magnatron

Video proof of a murder being committed. God bless Ashli’s soul and may the shooter go to and burn forever in hell.


187 posted on 01/07/2021 2:04:38 PM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: FormerFRLurker
Trump's team had two months in which to prove that the election results were influenced by voter fraud. They failed to do so.

The Trump team certainly proved it to any reasonable person who listened and looked at the evidence.

At this point, it looks Biden may have won it fair and square.

No offense but that's the most uniformed comment I've seen on FR in a long, long time.

Outside FR there are a lot of American citizens who can't stand Trump and would vote for Jeffrey Dahmer over Trump. I personally know at least 5 such individuals.

Your antidote vs at least the 75 million people who voted for him.

188 posted on 01/07/2021 2:06:06 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: ScottfromNJ

Why didn’t they use a taser on her? The left is always crying why cops don’t use tasers, even on armed perps. So why was she shot when a taser would have done the trick, especially in light of the fact that she wasn’t armed, and wasn’t an immediate threat to any of the men standing on the other side of the door. They didn’t even know who was climbing through the door. It could have been another cop, or even a Congress critter. The guy saw movement, and just fired. It could have been a kid for that matter.


189 posted on 01/07/2021 2:06:52 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Magnatron

A Taser, pepper spray, or even a take down and knee to the neck would have been a more sane choice. A death sentence for trespass is outrageous, I hope the family files a wrongful death suit.


190 posted on 01/07/2021 2:07:12 PM PST by Amish with an attitude
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To: cuban leaf
"If you are going to illegally try to enter the capital violently (through a bvroken window), you just may get shot."

Or - he could have just captured her when she got through the window and cuffed her. But, hell, it's much easier to just end her life with center mass shot, isn't it?

191 posted on 01/07/2021 2:08:02 PM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: DoodleDawg

I hope someone is keeping a copy of this video to use against this moron when he runs for reelection.


192 posted on 01/07/2021 2:08:06 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Magnatron

HELL YES he had a CHOICE! What a LIAR! In DC he had a DUTY to RETREAT.


193 posted on 01/07/2021 2:08:44 PM PST by 2harddrive (Go to www.CodeIsFreeSpeech.com for 10 FREE 3D-printer gun blueprints!)
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To: Texan4Life
"The clothing attached to the shooter does not look like regular police uniform clothing."

I would assume that House members Pelosi, Schumer, McCarthy, and possibly others have plain clothes protection from the Capitol Police. The guys with drawn weapons inside the Chamber are probably one or more of them.

194 posted on 01/07/2021 2:11:27 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Williams

“Switch her colour to black in a leftist riot and you will not see a single Republican stand up to defend the officer and you will see incredible negative analysis of that video and the shooting. That’s just a fact.”

And DC would be burning.


195 posted on 01/07/2021 2:12:18 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The Rats stole the 2020 election. We know it and they know it. )
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To: FreeReign

The Trump team certainly proved it to any reasonable person who listened and looked at the evidence.

They didn't prove anything that stood up in court and ultimately that is what counts in deciding the next president, not the opinion of random Freepers.

Your antidote vs at least the 75 million people who voted for him.

I never said 75 million didn't vote for Trump, just that more voted for Biden. And that is not anecdotal; that is the official vote count.

https://www.yahoo.com/elections

196 posted on 01/07/2021 2:12:27 PM PST by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: pnz1
I’m sorry, but BS. We saw all the officers with long guns with the group..

Yes you did but they were down the stairs making their way up after the shooting occurred, am I wrong?

If you can point me to a point in the several videos that have surfaced from both the side and from down the stairs that would substantiate your argument then I apologize.......

197 posted on 01/07/2021 2:12:37 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: nevergore
"Prison for him......."

Ha ha...good luck with that. We'll probably never even be told his name unless it's uncovered by 4Chan or some other source.

198 posted on 01/07/2021 2:13:16 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: FormerFRLurker

[I must have missed the part where the Tiananmen Square protesters were interfering with the workings of a Constitutional Republic. ]


China is a constitutional republic. In reality, of course, it’s a monarchy in a republic’s clothing. But even constitutional republics don’t have the right to kill unarmed individuals in cold blood. That’s why MacArthur is pilloried for his role in the killing an determinate number of protestors during the Bonus Army’s camp-out. Hoover’s move contributed to his landslide defeat at FDR’s hands in 1932.

I assume you are an LEO. You may think you have the right to massacre protestors. In 1932, life was cheap. No one thought twice about following orders to fire on American civilians. Today, the soldiers involved would probably spend the rest of their lives in prison. Attitudes have changed. Elected officials aren’t kings whose primary distinction is that they have to run for office. Even the style of governance has to be different. That includes not slaughtering unarmed protestors.


199 posted on 01/07/2021 2:14:34 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Did he see the officers who were fully armed and only a few steps behind her?

No because they were still down the stairs making their way up after the shooting had taken place. The video clearly shows that........

200 posted on 01/07/2021 2:15:57 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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