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The Capitol Police officer, who shot and killed demonstrator Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6, 2021, protest, is set to be promoted from lieutenant to captain. Roll Call reported that Michael Byrd's planned promotion was announced by police in an internal memo. Babbitt, 35, was fatally shot while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the office lobby of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi inside the Capitol. Roll Call noted that Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was not armed. The Justice Department made the decision not to bring criminal charges against Byrd, the outlet said....

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Driving a golf cart around his small and immaculate desert ranch, Ray Epps appears a man in his element. Cattle graze contentedly as he makes his rounds of the property he's transformed into a thriving wedding venue business, focusing on the location's rustic charm. However, the tranquil scene just outside Phoenix, Arizona, could not be in starker contrast to one in which he is also associated – the storming of the Capitol Building on January 6.

Ashli Babbitt, a California woman who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan.6, was "ambushed" by the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot her as she tried to enter the Speaker’s Lobby outside the House Chamber, a lawyer for the family said this week, according to reports. The family plans to file a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Capitol Police and the officer, the Washington Examiner reported. Terry Roberts, a lawyer hired by Babbitt’s family who specializes in police misconduct cases, told Real Clear Investigations this week that he believes the officer didn’t give Babbitt verbal warnings...

Kicking off the first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot, Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, promised to fully investigate "the facts of what happened on Jan. 6,” calling it “a scene of violence in the citadel of democracy.” But over the next 3½ hours, he and other Democrats, along with their handpicked Republican panelists and police witnesses, never mentioned the most lethal act committed that day — the fatal Capitol Police shooting of unarmed protester Ashli Babbitt. It was the only shot fired during the entire riot.This omission angered Babbitt’s family and a number...

Click here to read the full articleTer­ry Rob­berts, the attor­ney for the fam­i­ly of Ash­li Bab­bit, joined News­max TV on Mon­day morn­ing to dis­cuss the family’s ongo­ing attempts to seek jus­tice in the shoot­ing death of their daugh­ter Ashli.Roberts said he is han­dling the civ­il action that will be filed, adding, “The fam­i­ly and I were dis­ap­point­ed in the Depart­ment of Jus­tice deci­sion on this but my role real­ly is to bring civ­il action and in that way vin­di­cate her rights.”In regards to the DOJ deci­sion to pro­tect the iden­ti­ty of the reck­less killer, Roberts said, “We strong­ly dis­agree with...

The chief medical examiner in Washington, D.C., confirmed on Wednesday the causes and manners of death of four people who died during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot Two of the four deaths were ruled natural, one an accident and the fourth a homicide, WTOP reported. Ashli Babbitt is the person that was murdered. Image from the report below: “The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Wednesday released the official cause of death for four people who died during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, ruling that protester Ashli Babbitt’s manner of death was a homicide.” “Chief Medical...

An incredible new video by Wooz News using various camera angles from the Capitol “insurrection” and shooting suggests something is very wrong with the narrative. https://youtu.be/OWqFauy0EiA

Everything Wrong With the Capitol Shooting In 21 Minutes Or Less

Clicking through a Daily Mail article link posted in a FreeRepublic thread ("US Capitol Special Agent David Bailey Who Killed Ashli Babbitt is a Brazilian Immigrant and Black Lives Matter Militant (Truncated)"), I came upon the story of the arrest of Chad Barrett Jones. Before posting this, I searched titles and found no mention of him, so here goes: Strangely, notwithstanding the fact that this guy, who most reporting tries to link to the "Trump rioters", I cannot find anything about his political affiliations. One small piece of information gives a clue, but it is inconclusive. Before living in Kentucky,...

Originally from Gravette in Northwest, Arkansas, “Bigo’s” real name is Richard Barnett, reportedly a former Memphis firefighter. Bigo said he went to Washington to see President Trump speak. “The crowds were unbelievable,” he said. “We marched down there. They start tear-gassing us. They start roughing up our people. It pissed some people off,” Barnett said. “They went to the front door, and they started demanding to be let inside. I wasn’t even up there at that point. I was climbing the steps to see what was going on. When I got to the top, they had breached the doors...

Video of cops helping rioters into capital, Babbitt getting shot, commentary by Real America host.

Ashli Babbit, a 14-year Air Force veteran with 4 tours is the woman who was gunned down at the Capital today.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv0CQ1XPr_E&feature=emb_title and here is the member of congress (aka the shooter). https://twitter.com/1stacyphillips/status/1347094167411806211

Every living former US president is speaking out in the aftermath of riots descending on the US Capitol in an effort to disrupt Congress certifying President-elect Biden’s Electoral College victory. Members of Congress were forced to evacuate in gas masks after hundreds of the rioters overpowered Capitol Police and breached the building.

"The heroic patriot shot and killed today for no reason by the Capitol Police is Ashli Babbit, a 14-year veteran, who served four tours with the US Air Force, and was a high level security official throughout her time in service. Honor Her! She sacrificed her life for our freedom to vote in fair elections!"

WASHINGTON (KUSI) — The woman who was shot and killed inside the US Capitol during the protests was from the San Diego area. KUSI News has spoken with her husband. The woman is Ashli Babbit, a 14-year veteran, who served four tours with the US Air Force, and was a high level security official throughout her time in service. Her husband says she was a strong supporter of President Trump, and was a great patriot to all who knew her.

SIERRA VISTA - Arizona voters may be asked next year to approve an Active Management Area in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed to protect the San Pedro River by controlling growth. The Save the San Pedro Ballot Initiative supporters are preparing petition language in an effort to force a statewide vote. To get the measure on the 2006 ballot, the group would have to obtain 200,000 valid signatures of registered voters. Bruce Babbitt, --- Strain said he is convinced the guiding hand of the initiative is Phoenix physician Dr. Robin Silver, board chairman of the Center for Biological Diversity and vice...