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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F-U Mullin!
This was cold-blooded MURDER, nothing less. The GOP is dead to me, except only as I can use my registration to wreck havoc on primary candidates.
Didn’t have a choice my ass......
What weapon did she have? Gun? Knife?
The Congressman is either an evil asshole or an uninformed idiot who hasn’t seen the videos.
This was an execution.
A nice smile.
Hope someone applies the same logic with him someday.
Absolute BS, there was no lethal threat.
Any one else would be charged.
there was a choice when the several Antifa
and Pelosi-led helmeted perps surrounded the
woman, constrained her, tapped the criminal
who would execute her, and braced.
there was another choice when the shooter aimed,
paused, reaimed, paused, waited, and shot.
all of them are culpable and on tape,
and ONLY the DO”J” would ignore it,
probably having set it up.
Yeah, no kidding
[Absolute BS, there was no lethal threat.]
I agree
This whole episode has demonstrated just how out of touch and cowardly our representatives are. They were literally scared to death. Cowards all.
Nobody was at risk in this protest.
He set out to kill a Trump supporter.
The angelic black heroes with two feet long arrest record printouts and a knife or a gun in hand were killed and this set off “justified” riots (”mostly peaceful” before the looting and burning). Fully supported by the media “the longstanding American right of protest against wrongdoing.”
But somehow an UNARMED woman who supported Trump was a “threat” who deserved to be murdered by a cop?
Did he see the officers who were fully armed and only a few steps behind her? Apparently they didn't think she posed a risk.
This video https://populist.press/new-angle-shows-moment-officer-shot-and-killed-air-force-veteran/ shows a better angle of what transpired.
I’m sorry, but BS. We saw all the officers with long guns with the group..
It’s a good thing I spent years and years of my life in school. I obtained two grad degrees and with all I learned I feel I can give this statement the eloquent response it warrants.
BULLCHIT.
It’s a good thing I spent years and years of my life in school. I obtained two grad degrees and with all I learned I feel I can give this statement the eloquent response it warrants.
BULLCHIT.
This is a bald faced lie. The shooter was hiding in waiting with gun drawn. When the young woman began climbing through a high window he walked toward her with gun drawn and shot her at point blank range. Murder!
At no time was he endangered. He willfully and with malice of forethought shot and killed an unarmed woman who was completely immobilized by her position in the window.
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