The Capitol Hill Police lieutenant who killed Ashli Babbitt has been hiding and nameless since the onset of the investigation into the death. We heard the DoJ cleared him and the Capitol Hill Police exonerated him. There were leaks such as he was afraid, saw she had a backpack, told her to stop, and so on, but all the proceedings were kept secret from the public.
What were they hiding?
We finally got his name officially when he agreed to a soft interview with Lester Holt. Lt. Michael Byrd sounded rehearsed.
It took prominent constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley to succinctly describe the terminal flaw in the thinking that led to his exoneration.
Here’s a snapshot of the interview:
In an exclusive interview with @LesterHoltNBC, Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd describes why he’s choosing to identify himself. Byrd shares his account of the January 6 riot, as officers barricaded the door and he fired a single shot, killing Ashli Babbitt. pic.twitter.com/5E7KPtxNc2
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) August 26, 2021
The fatal flaw in the exoneration logic as explained by Professor Turley:
I have long expressed doubt over the Babbitt shooting, which directly contradicted standards on the use of lethal force by law enforcement. But what was breathtaking about Byrd’s interview was that he confirmed the worst suspicions about the shooting …It’s now okay to kill an unarmed female Trump supporter.
“…No other officers facing similar threats shot anyone in any other part of the Capitol, even those who were attacked by rioters armed with clubs or other objects. Under Byrd’s interpretation, hundreds of rioters could have been gunned down on Jan. 6.
“…Of all of the lines from Byrd, this one stands out: “I could not fully see her hands or what was in the backpack or what the intentions are.” So, Byrd admitted he did not see a weapon or an immediate threat from Babbitt beyond her trying to enter through the window…”
[It’s absurd that this man was exonerated. You can’t use deadly force without cause.]
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I have doubts this clueless jerk would have fired a shot unless he was instructed to do so. I suspect that if a proper investigation was conducted Piglosi or one of her minions ordered the fool to shoot. The bottomline is that it’s open season onTrump supporters or white people in general. Better be armed and shoot first.
Turley hit the nail right on the head. If the others had acted that way while under greater threat, there would have been a killing field of Trump supporters. Maybe that’s what this cowardly, clueless cop was trying to start.
Byrd is the same a clown who once left his service weapon behind in a public restroom. Sure gives me confidence in the low life jerk.
The fatal flaws are with the corrupt people who covered up this murder, in all entities, the DOJ, the Capitol and DC police forces, …
We all know an officer cannot shoot someone merely because the officer does not know what they are carrying or what threat they possess. We don’t need Turley to tell us that.
The “flaw” Turley cites did not get the murderer exonerated. That’s merely a public excuse the murderer made. Corrupt officials exonerated him, in support of the election coup, but a man like Turley does not have the integrity to say so. Turley offers a rationalization which only obscures what happened.
The fatal flaw-Affirmative Action.
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