PRESS RELEASE: Terry Roberts, attorney for Ashli Babbitt's family issues a response to United States Attorney for District of Columbia.
Posted on 04/14/2021 8:29:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
“Today the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia announced that it will not pursue criminal charges against the Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt in our Nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021,” the press release opened. They then lambast the Department of Justice for a statement many found puzzling, “Specifically, the investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot Ms. Babbitt [sic], the officer did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in the defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber.”
Terry Roberts, the family’s attorney, replied, “This double-negative is an odd way of explaining the basis for not bringing charges. It painfully glosses over the obvious problem of squaring the decision not to prosecute with the known facts.” Roberts added, “The actual evidence is this: the officer shot an unarmed woman who was not an immediate threat to him or any Member of Congress.”
PRESS RELEASE: Terry Roberts, attorney for Ashli Babbitt's family issues a response to United States Attorney for District of Columbia. pic.twitter.com/2tSUACGcS8
— Justice For Ashli Babbitt (@ForAshli) April 14, 2021
“That is inconsistent with any claim of self-defense or the defense of others, period.” Roberts continued, “To kill Ashli Babbitt in the way it was done demonstrates the requisite degree of willfulness to support a prosecution under the civil rights statute previously referred to.”
“We strongly disagree with the U.S. Attorney’s decision.” In conclusion, Roberts declared, “We are not dissuaded from our goal of ultimately vindicating Ashli Babbitt’s constitutional rights in the civil arena,” insinuating a civil case against the officer or the federal government may be forthcoming.
Previously, Roberts appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss the shooting. National File reported:
“We don’t know why she was shot, there’s no good reason why she was shot,” Roberts explained. “I mean, this is not a case where deadly force should have been used. All the officer had to do was step forward, establish his presence, give her a verbal warning, and if she didn’t comply and he had grounds to arrest her, arrest her. He could have arrested this 5’2, 110lb woman easily. But instead, he shot her.
“You don’t use deadly force unless you are confronted with a threat to your life or the threat to somebody else’s life. There was no immediate threat to the officer or to anyone else. That corridor was clear of congressmen, there wasn’t even a congressman close to Ashli Babbitt,” he added. “She was not a threat, and it’s baffling why he would go ahead and shoot her first instead of taking the other steps like just merely arresting her.”
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“The video, where people have taken video on Ashli’s side of the doors, there’s several people, you can’t hear a warning,” Roberts explained. “Now, he’s behind, it looks like he’s concealed himself in a room, he’s wearing a mask. She’s all the way on the other side of the room, there’s lots of noise on her side. It should be understood by the officer that someone’s not going to hear him.”
Tucker Carlson's Interview With Attorney Representing Ashli Babbitt's Family
Tucker: "Why don't we have a statement from the Capitol Police, the result of the investigation that presumably did into this shooting, why don't we have that? pic.twitter.com/EVPHV8wNix
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) March 13, 2021
There will be no justice for Ashli Babbitt. None, unfortunately. Not from the Left, not from the Media (largely synonymous with the Left), and not even from many Conservatives. After all, even on FR there were threads claiming that she was ‘an actor’ and she wasn’t killed.
The lady and her family will unfortunately receive no justice. Those on the Left believe she deserved getting shot, those in the middle simply don’t care, and some of the Right/Conspiracists believe she’s alive and the whole damn thing was faked.
Hard to get justice that way.
The on;y person that died that day. Say her name.
the fox in the henhouse says their own investigation finds Ashli’s civil rights weren’t violated, as they again violate her civil rights by declaring tresspassing by an unarmed person is grounds for lethal use of force
DOJ will stop at nothing....to do nothing for Ashley Babbitt.
DOJ is PUBLIC ENEMY #1
Her crime.....she was white
Praying for justice. Thanks for posting.
I thought I saw a report back in January that a person was overheard in the capitol saying “I’m gonna get me one”. And then again it may have been another incident.
Walk? They’ll throw a party for the man. Killing conservatives is jackin’ fun for the DOJ...
They are just making up the rules as we go along. There has to be a line.
what about his promotion and bonus?
killing MAGA for sport. no bag limit.
The Democrats say if we can steal a National Election, we can do anything else we choose. Who is going to stop them? No one.
The District of Columbia is made up of a racist gaggle of whores.
I would imagine that a Major Civil suite would still be possible.
I read that too and it was a member of congress.
It’s been thrown down the rabbit hole, now.
Thanks for the link. Whoever said it, needs to be outed. I think it is a form of premeditated murder.
Wouldn’t doubt the congresscritter whose “guard” murdered her.
SAY HIS NAME!!! David Bailey...
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