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Post by metsjets929 on Jan 5, 2024 19:44:24 GMT -5
www.kpbs.org/news/national/2024/01/05/family-of-ashli-babbitt-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-u-s-governmentThe family of Ashli Babbitt, the San Diego woman who was shot and killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach, filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit Friday in San Diego federal court against the U.S. government. The lawsuit alleges that Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was "ambushed" by the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot her without "any warnings or commands." Babbitt was climbing through the broken window of a barricaded door to the Speaker's Lobby when she was shot. The Department of Justice did not pursue criminal charges against Lt. Michael Byrd, the officer who shot her, while U.S. Capitol police said he would not face internal discipline. The lawsuit states that, when Babbitt was shot, she was unarmed and "posed no threat to the safety of anyone." According to the complaint, Byrd was not in uniform and did not identify himself as a police officer before he opened fire. The lawsuit also alleges no members of Congress were in the Speaker's Lobby at the time and that the area was guarded by multiple armed police officers. In an August 2021 television interview, Byrd told NBC News that he pulled the trigger as a "last resort." During the interview, Byrd said: "I tried to wait as long as I could. I hoped and prayed no one tried to enter through those doors. But their failure to comply required me to take the appropriate action to save the lives of members of Congress and myself and my fellow officers."
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Post by ron on Jan 5, 2024 20:04:55 GMT -5
Just goes to show that anyone can sue anyone else, any time, for any reason.
Plain stupid
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Post by Sir Tinley on Jan 6, 2024 9:38:58 GMT -5
Just goes to show that anyone can sue anyone else, any time, for any reason. This has (too?) long been the case with US law. A better example would have been where New York changed its law to specifically allow Jean Carroll to sue Trump for defamation. An odd comment. The (D)OJ declined to do its job, so the family should just fuck off? Are we not fascist enough for you? |
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Post by castles made of sand... on Jan 6, 2024 11:15:42 GMT -5
hopefully they win, byrd is a thug clown. babbitt was clearly unarmed and posed no threat that would justify the use of lethal force. she was seen casually chatting with police moments before the shooting.
with all that happened, only one clown pulled his gun and used it that day.
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Post by cwood on Jan 6, 2024 12:36:16 GMT -5
Trump lied and Babbit died.
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Post by eXiT on Jan 6, 2024 12:47:04 GMT -5
PSR confederate sympathizers also support the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. No surprise there. They hate America.
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Post by eXiT on Jan 6, 2024 13:01:49 GMT -5
Since we are making a new Jan 6. thread. Lets post some new footage that was just released. Here the insurrectionists yell at a cop on how they want to hang elected officials. Even more hilarious one complained on how he lost 400k since 2016... Remind me who was President during that period?
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Post by ron on Jan 6, 2024 13:04:35 GMT -5
Trumpers blame a cop when one of their own acts stupidly and illegally and gets shot.
Is that ironic?
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Post by wwjerryd on Jan 6, 2024 13:07:00 GMT -5
What a waste of attorney’s fees.
It’s nuts watching all the people who defend police killing citizens be all up in arms about this.
Bet those same people thought the national guard was necessary during the 2020 Trump Race Riots.
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Post by ron on Jan 6, 2024 13:08:23 GMT -5
Since we are making a new Jan 6. thread. Lets post some new footage that was just released. Here the insurrectionists yell at a cop on how they want to hang elected officials. Even more hilarious one complained on how he lost 400k since 2016... Remind me who was President during that period? These Trumpers are absolute lunatics. They were susceptible to Trump’s programming because they are plain stupid. You can’t fix stupid |
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Post by eXiT on Jan 6, 2024 13:14:59 GMT -5
Troy Nehls talking to protestors through a barricaded window on Jan. 6... he saw first hand how bad it was
Now wants to run a counter-narrative to Jan.6 in hopes of getting Trump elected to the White House...
Pure craziness.
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Post by Lige on Jan 6, 2024 13:20:11 GMT -5
She should have complied with law enforcement.
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Post by smd12 on Jan 6, 2024 13:38:16 GMT -5
She should have complied with law enforcement. Agreed. It becomes a problem when a plain clothes officer doesn't announce himself and shoots, though. |
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Post by eXiT on Jan 6, 2024 13:45:35 GMT -5
She should have complied with law enforcement. Agreed. It becomes a problem when a plain clothes officer doesn't announce himself and shoots, though. Video shows a whole bunch of people seeing he has a gun. She had plenty of time to stop, and not try to get through the barricaded door. |
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Post by eXiT on Jan 6, 2024 13:59:58 GMT -5
According to a witness at the shooting. They were warned to get back
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Post by smd12 on Jan 6, 2024 14:16:18 GMT -5
Agreed. It becomes a problem when a plain clothes officer doesn't announce himself and shoots, though. Video shows a whole bunch of people seeing he has a gun. She had plenty of time to stop, and not try to get through the barricaded door. Clearly she could have stopped at any point, that's not the point that was made. It's not the crowd's responsibility to announce he's an officer and/or has a weapon that could be used. |
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Post by eXiT on Jan 6, 2024 14:38:16 GMT -5
Video shows a whole bunch of people seeing he has a gun. She had plenty of time to stop, and not try to get through the barricaded door. Clearly she could have stopped at any point, that's not the point that was made. It's not the crowd's responsibility to announce he's an officer and/or has a weapon that could be used. And watch the next video I posted. The crowd was told to get back, and she didn't heed the call. The crowd knew he had a weapon and might shoot, she didn't stop and got killed. |
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Post by ron on Jan 6, 2024 14:45:58 GMT -5
Video shows a whole bunch of people seeing he has a gun. She had plenty of time to stop, and not try to get through the barricaded door. Clearly she could have stopped at any point, that's not the point that was made. It's not the crowd's responsibility to announce he's an officer and/or has a weapon that could be used. I'm expecting to see, from you, deep critiques of police behavior going forward. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to lend your wisdom. |
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Post by smd12 on Jan 6, 2024 15:09:34 GMT -5
Clearly she could have stopped at any point, that's not the point that was made. It's not the crowd's responsibility to announce he's an officer and/or has a weapon that could be used. I'm expecting to see, from you, deep critiques of police behavior going forward. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to lend your wisdom. I’ve never been one to criticize with a party bias mind set. So, ok. |
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Post by Sir Tinley on Jan 6, 2024 16:08:53 GMT -5
Trumpers blame a cop when one of their own acts stupidly and illegally and gets shot. Is that ironic? I don't know, let's see.... Lots of people act stupidly and illegally. Are you supporting law enforcement shooting them? These people?  These people?  How about these people?  Define irony...(and hypocrisy) |
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Post by Sir Tinley on Jan 6, 2024 16:09:21 GMT -5
She should have complied with law enforcement. Agreed. |
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Post by Sir Tinley on Jan 6, 2024 16:11:06 GMT -5
Clearly she could have stopped at any point, that's not the point that was made. It's not the crowd's responsibility to announce he's an officer and/or has a weapon that could be used. I'm expecting to see, from you, deep critiques of police behavior going forward. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to lend your wisdom. And a chance for you to acquire wisdom. |
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Post by castles made of sand... on Jan 6, 2024 16:45:52 GMT -5
Clearly she could have stopped at any point, that's not the point that was made. It's not the crowd's responsibility to announce he's an officer and/or has a weapon that could be used. And watch the next video I posted. The crowd was told to get back, and she didn't heed the call. The crowd knew he had a weapon and might shoot, she didn't stop and got killed. Liberals are so prologment when a Trump supporter get killed. lol The thug was hiding off to the side, waiting to ambush Ashley. He did not issue any warnings. The other policeman, who were standing between the crowd and the doors, simply decided to walk away from the doors.They didn't warn anybody either. |
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Post by castles made of sand... on Jan 6, 2024 16:48:23 GMT -5
She should have complied with law enforcement. What compliance are you referring to? Was she ever ordered to leave? The police near her, that she was chatting with earlier, could have simply put some cuffs on her if she were some sort of a threat. Instead they chose to abandon their position, encouraging rioters. |
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Post by castles made of sand... on Jan 6, 2024 16:50:50 GMT -5
What a waste of attorney’s fees. It’s nuts watching all the people who defend police killing citizens be all up in arms about this. Bet those same people thought the national guard was necessary during the 2020 Trump Race Riots. And it's nuts for the police haters to be cheering the murder of this unarmed petite female by law enforcement. |
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