Posted on 01/08/2021 8:48:59 AM PST by Red Badger
A social media selfie photo shows Ashli Babbitt. (Twitter/Ashli Babbitt)
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The Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building as throngs of people stormed the building Wednesday was remembered fondly by her family members.
Babbitt, 35, was among a mob of people who stormed the building to protest against the certification of President-elect Joe Biden by Congress. In the midst of the chaos, she was shot and killed by an unnamed officer, according to the Capitol Police.
Babbitt’s grandfather, Tony Mazziott, told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” that Babbitt, 35, was an “excellent patriot” and a “loving person.”
“She served time in the military and she’s passionate about everything, particularly Donald Trump for some reason,” he said. Family members said Babbitt served more than a decade in the Air Force.
He added to CBS: “She died at a young age. She did many tours in Afghanistan for our country and shot by someone in our country.”
Babbitt’s husband, Aaron Babbitt, added that she “loved her country and she was doing what she thought was right to support her country, joining up with like-minded people that also love their president and their country.”
And her ex-husband, Timothy McEntee, said she was “a wonderful woman with a big heart and a strong mind,” according to the Washington Examiner. “I am in a state of shock and feel absolutely terrible for her family,” McEntee said. “She loved America with all her heart. It’s truly a sad day.”
McEntee, who was married to Babbitt for 14 years, said they served in the U.S. Air Force together.
“[I] immediately knew it was her, but was unaware she was in town, so I initially had doubts because she lives in California,” McEntee said. “But [I] reached out to a friend, and he said she was in town for the rally.”
Police also confirmed the death of Brian D. Sicknick, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died Thursday night.
“At approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening (January 7, 2021), United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” a statement from the U.S. Capitol Police said. “Officer Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol and was injured while physically engaging with protesters. He returned to his division office and collapsed,” the statement added.
Authorities said that other than Babbitt’s death, one woman and two men died after suffering “medical emergencies” during the chaos.
The Capitol Police stated the officer who shot Babbitt was placed on administrative leave, per department policy, and the officer was suspended. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is also investigating the shooting.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, under pressure from Schumer, Pelosi, and other congressional leaders, was forced to resign. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked for and received the resignation of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, Michael Stenger, effective immediately. Paul Irving, the longtime Sergeant at Arms of the House, also resigned.
In other words, all COVID-related.
It will be a name remembered with Lon Horiuchi when it is finally known.
The shooter stepped forward to get a better shot.
He wasn’t shooting to wound.
He damn near put the pistol to her head.
Where is Biden now talking about shot placement?
THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED AT MAGA MOB RIOT ON CAPITOL
Without an autopsy of the policeman, we have government officials and paid liars in the press telling us he died of injuries the day before.
There must be videos. Let’s see them.
Like when the Soviets held sway, and people had to resort to Radio Free Europe to get the truth...now we need the British press?
For whatever reason to me she looks very different in the shooting video stills than these photos...facial features, not the obvious dead vs alive.
She wasn’t shot and killed. She was MURDERED!! What threat was she to an armed guy and an unarmed woman. Didn’t this thug look at her hands? No, he just drew and shot her.
You misspelled it- lon whoreiuchi...
She is today’s Crispus Attucks.
The shooter stepped forward to get a better shot.
He wasn’t shooting to wound.
He damn near put the pistol to her head.
Where is Biden now talking about shot placement?
Black man/woman/it shooting unarmed woman in Capitol Bldg? He was possibly not a cop/guard? How about maybe a congressit?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1347076676342185984
The other names are out there. Two men in their 50s and a woman in her 30s(?) who was far too heavy for her health. They died of medical issues (heart attack, stroke, and a third cause that has not been released), perhaps related to the stress of watching America die, but nothing more.
SAY HER NAME!
he was already brandishing that pistol. I’ll bet the holster was already cold. Damned chicken $&it...
God bless her parents, her family and her nation with her. please Lord, comfort her family. send them some hope and meaning in this needless death of a patriot. give us strength to at least forgive her shooter. in Jesus name i pray.
we will always remember Ashli Babbit as one of our own.
she was probably a bit worked up, wanting to be heard, curious, and just too naturally brave in the moment. being a veteran from a vicious combat zone, i think she would have taken cover if she saw the gun or the threat, but she obviously never knew what hit her. at least now in heaven she knows what and why. i hope we all now know why: our gov’t is deeply corrupt and wicked, and wants to kill or enslave all of us.
yes
Hold the funeral on Jan. 20 and lets compare the crowds.
Ashli Babbit
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