Babbitt shooting internal police docs reveal 'no good reason for shooting,' according to Judicial Wa

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Babbitt shooting internal police docs reveal 'no good reason for shooting,' according to Judicial Watch
The documents show witnesses recount they did not see Babbitt holding a weapon
By Emma Colton | Fox News

More than 500 pages of internal documents from DC Metropolitan Police concerning the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol on Jan. 6 reveal witness accounts stating she was not holding a weapon at the time of her death and how "upset" the officer was after shooting her.

"These previously secret records show there was no good reason to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt," stated Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which obtained the documents through a May 2021 FOIA lawsuit. "The Biden-Garland Justice Department and the Pelosi Congress have much to answer for the over the mishandling and cover-up of this scandalous killing of an American citizen by the U.S. Capitol Police."

Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was shot and killed during the storming of the Capitol by a bullet fired by Capitol Police officer ​​Lt. Michael Byrd. The documents from the DC Metropolitan Police department show that witnesses did not see Babbitt holding a weapon prior to her being shot, and reveal conflicting accounts of whether Byrd verbally warned Babbitt before shooting her.

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[Right_in_Virginia]

I think the following quote from the article from someone "reaching out" hurts Byrd ----- even though he's trying to help Byrd.  It sounds like Byrd shot and killed an unarmed woman because he freaked...he just freaked the hell out ----- and rather than "saving lives" with the kill, had other officers been as unhinged as Byrd was, that shot could have started a massacre.:

Another report on an interview with a Capitol Police officer on Feb. 4 stated, "He did not hear any verbal commands" before Babbitt was shot.

A separate Jan. 6 phone interview with a man who "reached out" to the Metro PD, who claimed to have been in the House Chambers at the time of the shooting, contradicted the officer’s Feb. 4 interview.

He said he did in fact hear Byrd shout "loud verbal commands" that he would "shoot" before firing at Babbitt. That interviewee also claimed Byrd fired twice, not once.

"He was yelling, he was giving commands. Um, he was saying, I will shoot. Uh, he was saying some other stuff. I couldn’t clearly make out what he was saying, but he was definitely, uh, giving commands, no question about it," the interviewee said, according to transcripts.

"He [Byrd], uh, did everything he could do…. He was by himself, we were defending the front door and they were shaking it."

[Right_in_Virginia]

The article is worth reading in full.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Where the bleep are congressional republicans on this??????????????????

[Bigun]

Did anyone outside the beltway EVER think it was justified?

[skeeter]

Where the bleep are congressional republicans on this??????????????????

Still genuflecting to Lt Byrd.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Did anyone outside the beltway EVER think it was justified?

Sadly, yes---many.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Still genuflecting to Lt Byrd.

 

[Bigun]

Sadly, yes---many.