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Officer Who Shot Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Shouldn’t Be Charged, Investigators Advise
Wall Street Journal ^ | 02/01/2021

Posted on 02/01/2021 4:07:56 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

WASHINGTON—Investigators have made a preliminary determination that the police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the U.S. Capitol riot shouldn’t be charged with any crimes in connection with her death, according to people familiar with the review.

Ms. Babbitt, who served for more than a dozen years in the Air Force and Air National Guard and became a passionate supporter of former President Donald Trump, died from being shot by a Capitol Police officer after rioters smashed through a door to the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6. She had entered the building as part of a crowd aiming to disrupt the certification of President Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.

The officer who shot her had been placed on leave soon after the riot while Ms. Babbitt’s death was being investigated, including on the question of whether it was a violation of her civil rights.

The Justice Department said in announcing the investigation that it was following routine procedure for whenever a police officer uses deadly force by having the Washington Metropolitan Police Department examine the shooting. The police investigators have made an initial determination that charges against the officer aren’t warranted, the people said, adding that Justice Department officials haven’t yet made a final determination on the matter. The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington is leading the broader investigation into the riot and prosecuting the more than 150 cases that have resulted to date.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: ashlibabbit; banglist; capitolpolice; davidbailey; murder; tyranny
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To: DesertRhino

He will get away with murderer. And protected by the entirety of the federal government. Think about that.
Wonder how he’s sleeping?


161 posted on 02/01/2021 6:52:16 PM PST by AnxiouslyWaiting
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To: Responsibility2nd

When the left kills one of us It’s no big deal, different laws for them then for us.

Time is growing short.

Pray for our union


162 posted on 02/01/2021 6:53:55 PM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins)
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To: TChad

What???!!!!


163 posted on 02/01/2021 6:56:00 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

They are very afraid of us right nowb plus add what they are getting ready to do they need all those troops to protect them from We the People


164 posted on 02/01/2021 6:57:29 PM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins)
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To: ETCM

You need to go. You don’t belong here.


165 posted on 02/01/2021 6:58:30 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

I’ll decide where I belong Missy.


166 posted on 02/01/2021 7:01:30 PM PST by ETCM
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To: Responsibility2nd

He shot an unarmed woman who was posing no threat beyond trespassing. If I had done that decades ago, as a federal officer, I would still be in jail. Justice denied.


167 posted on 02/01/2021 7:03:44 PM PST by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Of course. Murder of unarmed Trump supporters and “wrong thinkers” is already encouraged in our society through non-stop dehumanization, so why would he think he’d be punished for murdering one of the designated Untermenschen? If only she were the right color and political persuasion, cities would burn in her name even if she had been armed and a threat to the shooter, which she was patently not.


168 posted on 02/01/2021 7:05:26 PM PST by FenwickBabbitt
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To: ETCM
I’ll decide where I belong Missy.

IBTZ.

169 posted on 02/01/2021 7:06:40 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: x
..and I suppose you also believe the Capitol Officer who died 3 WEEKS AGO only NOW, under a new president will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda isn't political OPTICS, 100%?

Babbitt was led to the slaughter so the media could show in a VERY high-profile way "SEE, TOLDYA SO.. THERE WERE DEADLY PRO-TRUMP VETERANS TRYING TO GET IN TO KILL DEMOCRATS, AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!"

ALL OPTICS, 100%. Babbitt is a Martyr for the RIGHT, but for the left she was A SHOWPIECE MEANT TO PORTRAY THE AVERAGE TRUMP SUPPORTER AS A DIRE THREAT TO CONGRESS. Notice the fencing, NG and razor wire are still in place?

C'mon, man! You know as well as I that the Deep State cabal runs far and wide to INCLUDE the news media ready to take all scripts and repeat them like the good ALPHABET AGENCY PUPPETS that they are.

How did we get here? That's easy. 8 years of Hussein Odunga putting it all into place in secret, where the media were willing accomplices in HIDING IT ALL AS IT HAPPENED.

170 posted on 02/01/2021 7:13:18 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I hope this Red Pills Republicans into defunding the police and military because the Democrats and Bush/Cheney/Romney/McConnel Republicans will turn the cops and military on you and not one cop or soldier will resign in protest.

Support the blue all you want but that is the truth.


171 posted on 02/01/2021 7:32:33 PM PST by Swarthy Greek Immigrant
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To: struggle

Name the Officer who shot Ashli.


172 posted on 02/01/2021 7:49:58 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

My recollection of the photo was a Large Armed Man shooting a Small Unarmed Woman who was posing no immediate threat.

Did I get any of that wrong?


173 posted on 02/01/2021 7:52:55 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Everyone has a choice and he made the wrong one.


174 posted on 02/01/2021 8:01:52 PM PST by tioga
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To: Responsibility2nd

I just rewatched “Mars Attacks”. It’s a very apt depiction of our current Federal government in action and a real “feel-good” movie. I highly recommend it for these troubled times.


175 posted on 02/01/2021 8:19:20 PM PST by myerson (Viva Trump!)
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To: myerson

Yeah? Well I just rewatched “Idiocracy”. It’s a soon to be very apt depiction of our current Federal government in action and a real “depressing” movie. I highly recommend it for these bizzare times.


176 posted on 02/01/2021 8:26:43 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: struggle

David Bailey


177 posted on 02/01/2021 8:31:13 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They’ll give this scumbag a medal and a pension! Just like Yoriuchi! Count on it. Bet on it if you can. Of course, we’ll NEVER know this murderer’s name. WE the “American People” are NOT entitled to it, ANYMORE. The “former” federal government is now just a bunch of thugs working for the oligarchy and communist chinese.


178 posted on 02/02/2021 12:17:11 AM PST by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

coming to your front door very soon. Of course they will not stop at the door.


179 posted on 02/02/2021 12:19:19 AM PST by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: cba123

How many lies do you have to hear, before you realize you are being lied to?


180 posted on 02/02/2021 12:22:26 AM PST by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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