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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

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: ashli; babbitt; banglist; capitol; markwaynemullin; murderer; rally
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To: Magnatron

So much for a Joementia style Warning Shot...


21 posted on 01/07/2021 12:37:51 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Darteaus94025

A fully functional Brain.


22 posted on 01/07/2021 12:37:55 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: Magnatron

Bull Shite! Did he even know what his target was and if it was actually a threat, much less what was beyond it? Would a “citizen” be afforded the same good shoot presumption in similar circumstances?I doubt it. Did any law enforcement shoot at any Antifa BLM ever? How do they justify that difference?


23 posted on 01/07/2021 12:37:59 PM PST by 1malumprohibitum
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To: Magnatron
Looking at the video of Babbitt's cold-blooded slaughter, there were at least two uniformed police officers armed with AR-15 rifles ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE DOOR AS BABBITT.

Yet a trigger-happy moron Capitol Security Guard shoots her through a window, and that was justified?

Yesterday did prove one thing, though. It showed that the police can kill a protester without triggering a night of arson-fueled riots in every major city.

24 posted on 01/07/2021 12:38:39 PM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Magnatron


"Markwayne Mullin is an American politician, businessman, and former professional mixed martial arts fighter "

(Snicker, snicker)Terrible martial arts fighter.
25 posted on 01/07/2021 12:39:05 PM PST by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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To: Magnatron

Yep, no imminent threat of death or serious physical injury. The destruction of property, in this case, did not warrant Deadly Force.


26 posted on 01/07/2021 12:40:00 PM PST by Nate9k9
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To: Magnatron

Take his word for it!

Or watch the video.


28 posted on 01/07/2021 12:40:43 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Magnatron

Oooohhhhh!!!

A scary woman!

Kill her! Kill her now! She might hurt me.

Stinking coward.

Go home and hide in your basement you big chicken.


29 posted on 01/07/2021 12:41:15 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Magnatron

Actual video of the shooting. There were policemen with guns and a man in a suit right beside her. The murderer fired from 10 ft. away through a window.

https://twitter.com/shawnt1973/status/1347133430283161600?s=20&fbclid=IwAR0-weJvH62Yjkj9Q3f55Zg4HCS5zFkYLjKxjuj_aKRwco_5bXZkVH3bo-8


30 posted on 01/07/2021 12:41:43 PM PST by Moe-Patrick (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.)
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To: Magnatron

A perceived property crime does not rise to using Lethal Force.


31 posted on 01/07/2021 12:41:47 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Magnatron

He is a lying on of a bitch. Or the lying son of a female dog, which ever you prefer. She was murdered by the Police.


32 posted on 01/07/2021 12:41:48 PM PST by sport
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To: Magnatron

Mullin is damn fool. There were several police officers right behind Babbit and it is a miracle they were not hit.
Mullin, I now see you for what you really are, and I look forward to your demise.


33 posted on 01/07/2021 12:41:51 PM PST by Scott Kraut (My goal is to burn down America's remaining Democrat party plantations. )
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To: Magnatron

“didn’t have a choice”?... I think he had a lot more options than kyle Rittenhouse.


34 posted on 01/07/2021 12:42:17 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( Deplorable, and proud of it.)
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To: Magnatron

And how soon will whites be rioting over the shooting?


35 posted on 01/07/2021 12:42:56 PM PST by SkyDancer
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To: Diogenesis

All true.

And they say vigilantes are bad. What do you call trigger happy anti-Trump shooters who kill a woman like this? In a country where there is no honest system of justice.

Judges, FBI, CIA and DOJ are all leftists. Otherwise Barr and Durham would have found time to get around to prosecuting the guilty Dems.


36 posted on 01/07/2021 12:43:50 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Magnatron

The video shows that she and everyone with her were immediately in the presence of heavily armed police officers the second she was shot nor did those police officers show any sign of having an interest in fighting with the protesters she obviously did not have to be shot it’s absurd furthermore if he was protecting the chamber the protesters eventually were allowed to enter the chamber.


37 posted on 01/07/2021 12:43:53 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Magnatron

SICK


38 posted on 01/07/2021 12:43:56 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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BS. Because the cops standing right behind were mere observers who happened to be in the line of fire?

Now STFU, Markwayne.


39 posted on 01/07/2021 12:44:16 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SkyDancer

“And how soon will whites be rioting over the shooting?”

I think Greenich CN would be a good place start.

Sunday?


40 posted on 01/07/2021 12:44:22 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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