From Yahoo:
“Capitol Police officer
exonerated in the killing of Ashli Babbitt”
The Capitol Police officer who
fatally shot the pro-Trump protester Ashli Babbitt at the Jan. 6 riot at the
U.S. Capitol has been exonerated after an internal investigation, NBC News
reported Friday. The officer, whose
identity has been withheld, fired on Babbitt as she was attempting to climb
through a smashed window and enter a barricaded corridor in the Capitol, where
members of the Congress were being evacuated after the mob breached the
building. An Air Force veteran, Babbitt
was an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump and a follower of QAnon
conspiracy theories, which she often shared on social media. In
April, the Justice Department announced that it would not bring criminal
charges against the officer who fired at Babbitt. A video of Babbitt's killing
has been widely circulated, and Trump has spoken out about her death. “I spoke to the wonderful mother and husband
of Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered at the hands of someone who should have
never pulled the trigger of his gun,” Trump said in an emailed statement sent
to news outlets earlier this month, adding, “If this happened to the ‘other
side,’ there would be riots all over America, and yet there are far more people
represented by Ashli, who truly loved America, than there are on the other
side.” Trump’s embrace of Babbitt has helped elevate her to the status of a
martyr for many supporters of the former president, and her death has been the
subject of regular segments on networks like Fox News, OAN and Newsmax. In a memo, the Capitol Police Office of
Personal Responsibility concluded that “no further action will be taken in this
matter,” NBC News reported. An
investigation into the Jan. 6 riot has been started by a select committee in
the House of Representatives and Babbitt’s participation in the insurrection
and her death are likely to be a subject of scrutiny.
^ It was right for the Capitol
Police to shot Babbitt as she was an American Traitor trying to overthrow US
Federal Government. ^
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