Posted on 01/07/2021 12:32:38 PM PST by Magnatron
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said he witnessed the moment a police officer shot a woman inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and insisted the officer had no other choice.
A pro-Trump mob of rioters rammed their way into the Capitol Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the election results, sending lawmakers into hiding.
Video shows a group attempting to force itself into the House chamber, where lawmakers were present. As protesters were breaking glass on the doors that kept them out to force their way through, a law enforcement officer fired a shot. One woman, Ashli Babbitt, was struck by a bullet and later died.
"When they broke the glass in the back, the [police] lieutenant that was there, him and I already had multiple conversations prior to this, and he didn't have a choice at that time," Mullin told ABC News' George Stephanapoulos on "Good Morning America" Thursday.
"The mob was going to come through the door, there was a lot of members and staff that were in danger at the time. And when he [drew] his weapon, that's a decision that's very hard for anyone to make, and, once you draw your weapon like that, you have to defend yourself with deadly force."
Mullin said police "showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could."
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There is always a choice......
Mullin is just pulling from the Nurnberg Trials excuses playbook......!
“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.
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?
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.
You didn’t watch the video, did you?
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.
Video proof of a murder being committed. God bless Ashli’s soul and may the shooter go to and burn forever in hell.
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.
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.
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.
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?
I hope someone is keeping a copy of this video to use against this moron when he runs for reelection.
HELL YES he had a CHOICE! What a LIAR! In DC he had a DUTY to RETREAT.
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.
“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.
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
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.......
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.
[I must have missed the part where the Tiananmen Square protesters were interfering with the workings of a Constitutional Republic. ]
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.
No because they were still down the stairs making their way up after the shooting had taken place. The video clearly shows that........
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