Posted on 07/28/2021 11:02:21 PM PDT by RandFan
North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer (R) clashed with a radio caller demanding to know the identity of the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt, one of the supporters of former President Trump who forced their way into the Capitol on Jan. 6.
During an appearance on WDAY's "The Jay Thomas Show" on Tuesday, Cramer was answering questions from various callers when one asked about the identity of the officer who killed Babbitt.
Cramer replied that even he doesn’t know the person's identity, but the caller argued that since he’s a “citizen of the United States,” he has the right to know the identity of the officer.
"The person that shot her is a police officer shooting a criminal not complying with officers telling her, 'Stop. Don't come through that window. We have guns drawn. Don't do it.' They're protecting people, and the officer was found to be innocent of any wrongdoing," Cramer told the caller. "So then what would be the purpose of releasing that officer's name? What do you need to know the officer's name for?"
"Well, because we know everybody else's name if a police officer shoots a citizen of this country. I mean, crying out loud, if you shoot an illegal alien, we're going to know that police officer's name," the caller argued. "This is a police officer that shot someone in our Capitol, and his name is being withheld."
Cramer added that the officer isn’t a suspect and that “he’s been found not guilty of any wrongdoing.”
"It seems to be kind of a textbook situation, frankly. I'm the one who personally does not think there is a right to know the name of every police officer who shoots a criminal or perpetrator, unless of course, there are charges brought or an indictment brought, or something like that. I'll look into it to see what the law says about the release of the name. I'm just grateful for this person, quite honestly," Cramer said.
CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski shared the full transcript of Cramer’s radio interview to Twitter.
Full exchange with the radio caller, from the Jay Thomas Show yesterday. pic.twitter.com/CiR0cE7X2K
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 28, 2021
Their confrontation stems from the death of Babbitt, one of the five people who died during the Jan.6 insurrection when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the electoral count of President Biden’s victory.
Video surfaced of Babbitt, a Trump supporter, getting shot by a Capitol police officer while trying to enter the window of a wing of the building.
Four officers who were on duty during the riot testified at the first hearing held by the House committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on Tuesday.
The Hill has reached out to Cramer’s office for comment
Remember 4 dead in Ohio? Did anything happen to the shooters? Are they using the same “reasoning” ? I was a teenager back then and I am asking because I really don’t remember .
First of all Cramer, no he did not say that - or at least not audibly. Nobody heard that. There was no warning before he used deadly force.
As for the “found innocent of any wrongdoing” part you claim, the follow up question is “yeah.....BY WHO??????”
We all saw that video. There was no warning. He just used deadly force on an unarmed nonviolent protestor who could have easily been subdued without using deadly force. So again I ask WHO found him innocent? The same kind of swamp creatures and corrupt political hacks who have adopted blatant double standards to suit their politics that we’ve seen over and over and over again in the last 4-5 years? Because that’s what it looks like.
As for the part about why are we entitled to know his name....because gosh....that sure is the standard any time a cop shoots somebody the Left deems to be a useful victim to suit their narrative. So why should the standard be any different here?
The fact that you would spout this line makes me think John Thune is not the only RINO from the Dakotas who needs to be primaried.
Why do solid red states send squishes to DC?
You act like this is the first time police ever killed an unarmed suspect and walked away without charges.
There is a secret star court, they are called the “Capital Police “ they dont answer to peons like you and I. Only to congress. And congress in case you haven’t noticed is not friendly to any conservatives and would like to round any and all conservatives up and “ re educate” them. No joke, no sarcasms meant
They let the biggest Unabomber out already?
Absolutely no one mentions the black woman named Roslyn who was killed outside of the buildings. Why is that?
Doodledawg, Were you born an a$$hole or did you work at it your whole life?. Either way it worked out fine, because you’re an a$$hole tonight. You’re an A,S,S,H,O.L.E and dont you try and put the blame on me, you deserve all the credit, because youre an a$$hole alright.
Does this mean we can't be friends anymore?
” This can only mean one thing: the murderer is black.”
Aren’t there still shots posted that shows the murderer is black for sure? And it appears it wasn’t a LEO of any type judging by the jewelry and shirt cuffs. Unless you consider Pelosi’s private thug squad Law Enforcement.
‘Stop. Don’t come through that window. We have guns drawn. Don’t do it.’
Did the shooter really say that? Was the use of deadly force on an unarmed person who was not threatening other lives, and who had other police around her, justified.
What would the answer to that be if a white cop shot a black person?
‘Stop. Don’t come through that window. We have guns drawn. Don’t do it.’
No doubt Congress has that on audio. The same audio that they played the other day. No background noise, same room echo, and odd phrasing as the actor reads the script.
Heck - watch any youtube of a badge cam with a cop shouting orders and compare it with the above script. Use your imagination and yell out the script in your most hyped-up voice. The words alone say it is a script. No cop is going to talk like that with a bunch of people trying to bust through a barricaded door.
This hack is in the wrong job.
And should be primaried out.
I keep hearing his name has been released then no that’s not him. I wish they would release it and get it over with. They already said they won’t press charges. Guessing he is black. If he was white and Babbitt black it would have been released and cities burning. And they would still call it a insurrection. Seem conservatives would not do anything about it anyways. They use this to intimidate Trump supporters as if to say if you do anything we will go after you. They go after that base so they won’t think about going after them. They should know after the stolen election and nothing was done that they aren’t going to do anything but sit and take it. Next is taking guns.
Life long political hack. Never held a job.
It’s going to be so refreshing NOT to vote for my political hack GOP reps in 2022. The desire to pull their sorry behinds over the line to victory is GONE in this household.
Kaczynski is one sick puppy. He’s doxxing Republicans in between posting picks of his dead kid on twitter. No sympathy here for him.
Oh no. That’s so sad. That family has to be going through hell.
What does his 9 month old daughter dying of a rare brain cancer have to do with him being an asshole? I see no connection other than some sort of vague “sins of the father” angle. Which, according to the old testament we don’t do anymore.
He’s a partisan hack POS who is making a big public display about the death of his innocent daughter. Pathetic, really.
The officer could have easily missed Ashli and ended up killing one of the police officers behind her. No doubt she would have been charged with capital murder if that was the case.
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