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Family readies lawsuit against Capitol Police officer who fatally shot rioter
The Washington Times ^ | Thursday, May 20, 2021 | Alex Swoyer

Posted on 05/22/2021 1:41:36 PM PDT by Texas Fossil

The attorney representing the family of Ashli Babbitt, the woman shot and killed by U.S. Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, plans to sue the agency for more than $10 million and has already put officials on notice, demanding accountability for the slain Air Force veteran.

“Right now, we have no accountability — zero accountability — they give no explanation to justify the shooting and they do not even identify the officer. That is what they do in autocratic countries, not in the United States,” said Terrell N. Roberts III, a Maryland-based attorney.

Mr. Roberts takes issue with those members of Congress who oversee the Capitol Police but who have not demanded transparency when it comes to the Jan. 6 shooting.

“If we call ourselves a free people, you would think that Congress would be the first to demand transparency of its own police agency but you don’t hear that.”

Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona Republican, demanded to know who “executed” Babbitt during a hearing earlier this month with former Trump administration officials probing the events of Jan. 6.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ashli; ashlibabbitt; babbitt; banglist; capitol; family; jan6th; lawsuit; police
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It has been a long time.

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied?

Who gave the shoot order?

And on top of that the Lies surrounding what really happened on Jan 6.

1 posted on 05/22/2021 1:41:36 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

Nancy plans to give the Capitol Police officer $1.9 billion so they’ll have the money


2 posted on 05/22/2021 1:43:09 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Texas Fossil

Bttt


3 posted on 05/22/2021 1:44:30 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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On top of this, there is an actual video by OAN News that denies that there has been any talk of money. Let alone 10 million.


4 posted on 05/22/2021 1:45:21 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

But she’s not black and she wasn’t high on drugs, she wasn’t recidivist criminal, she didn’t rob a pregnant woman in her home at gunpoint, she wasn’t resisting and fighting the police. If she were they would have been awarded $27 million like the family of St. George Floyd. Instead it will be dismissed.

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/976785212/minneapolis-agrees-to-pay-27-million-to-family-of-george-floyd


5 posted on 05/22/2021 1:46:05 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Texas Fossil

Shot her? Yes but, more precisely, he ASSASSINATED her. Was he a “lone wolf” or was he directed?


6 posted on 05/22/2021 1:46:47 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Texas Fossil

“If we call ourselves a free people, you would think that Congress would be the first to demand transparency of its own police agency but you don’t hear that”

That’s it in a nutshell. He may be a paid shark, but that’s the real issue.

A cop kills a citizen and the government closes ranks, absolves him in secret, and stonewalls the public?

I know of no precedent in either State or Federal law allowing them to do that. They are just making it up as they go.


7 posted on 05/22/2021 1:48:39 PM PDT by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: Texas Fossil

I really wonder what the excuse will be for “and shot the unarmed woman in the back, killing her.” It causes riots and fires when it’s “and shot the unarmed black man in the back, killing him.”

Wonder what the difference is. This is a nation of equal justice for all under the laws, isn’t it?

Isn’t it?

Lucky I am not on a TV news discussion panel or they’d never ask me back again.


8 posted on 05/22/2021 1:49:18 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Yes....he assassinated her. He could have grabbed her and brought her to the floor.

He should go to prison....but that won't happen because the shooter is black.

9 posted on 05/22/2021 1:50:08 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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A Interview video of her husband here:


Aaron Babbitt to Newsmax TV: Ashli Didn’t Deserve to Be ‘Executed’

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/aaronbabbitt-ashlibabbitt-capitol-death/2021/04/29/id/1019573/


10 posted on 05/22/2021 1:51:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Whomever shot her has bigger and badder attorneys than her family will ever be able to afford.


11 posted on 05/22/2021 1:58:55 PM PDT by bgill
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She is the ONLY person killed on Jan 6th.


12 posted on 05/22/2021 2:07:13 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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GOOD

Hope they win millions and millions of dollars.

This was murder; plain and simple. And completely unnecessary.


13 posted on 05/22/2021 2:07:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Who is the Lord and Messiah Jesus Christ of Nazareth? - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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[Yes but, more precisely, he ASSASSINATED her]

100%


14 posted on 05/22/2021 2:08:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Who is the Lord and Messiah Jesus Christ of Nazareth? - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: Texas Fossil

The family does not have standing. Their suit will go nowhere.

If in fact Ashli was even shot and killed, the family will need to know who did it.


15 posted on 05/22/2021 2:14:32 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Other than trespassing she committed NO CRIME.

Standing? That is NUTS.

These abuses of police power take a long time to have heard. It should not be so, but it is.

It took 4 years on the Waco Biker shooting and not a single case has been tried. And all the remaining charges have been dropped.

These are Judicial Crimes. They are politicized to the point of insanity.


16 posted on 05/22/2021 2:19:00 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Who gave the shoot order? Can’t mention names, but the initials are,”NP”


17 posted on 05/22/2021 2:22:00 PM PDT by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than othersso I delete my telegram if?-George Orwell)
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To: Texas Fossil

No one gave the shoot order.

But, for a group of people that demand transparency and accountability from every member of law enforcement, on every level below the Feds, they sure are doing a great job keeping this from the public.

Amazing.

534 folks, staffers and others and not one leak as to who the shooter was.

President Trump farted walking down the hallway and it was an international incident.

But then again, the US taxpayer, who incidentally paid the bills, still cannot find out who paid what to their alleged ‘sexual harassment victims’.


18 posted on 05/22/2021 2:23:05 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: bgill

Attorneys paid for by Pelosi Schumer and Jill Biden because Joe is singing about “The Villages”


19 posted on 05/22/2021 2:24:33 PM PDT by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than othersso I delete my telegram if?-George Orwell)
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To: Texas Fossil

Sounds like they got a good lawyer. Democrats, of course, have no shame but he might get some more GOPers onside.


20 posted on 05/22/2021 2:27:18 PM PDT by lodi90
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