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Ashli Babbitt Deserved To Die, Just Like All The Other Antifa Rioters - Pence's Security Detail Shot Her

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They should all be rounded up and culled.    


No charges recommended for officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during Capitol 
riot, source says
Investigators say the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot the Trump 
supporter shouldn't be charged with any crimes, a source familiar with the 
investigation said.
Feb. 2, 2021, 4:19 PM EST / Updated Feb. 2, 2021, 5:12 PM EST
By Elisha Fieldstadt and Pete Williams

Investigators have determined the Capitol Police officer who shot and 
killed Ashli Babbitt during the U.S. Capitol riot should not be charged 
with any crimes, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation 
told NBC News.

The Wall Street Journal first reported that police investigators have 
recommended the officer not be charged, although the U.S. Attorney's 
Office will make the final decision on the matter.

Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran and ardent supporter of former 
President Donald Trump, was shot during the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. 
Capitol.

The pro-Trump rioters wanted to stop the certification of President Joe 
Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election and were threatening members 
of Congress and then-Vice President Mike Pence, who were evacuated as the 
mob made its way closer to and eventually inside the Capitol Building.

Videos show rioters who made it into the building breaking glass on doors 
near the House Chamber, which were blocked haphazardly from the inside 
with chairs in an attempt to prevent the mob from entering. As Babbitt 
tried to climb through the shattered glass, she was fatally shot by a 
Capitol Police officer who fired at her once.
Ashli Babbitt.
Ashli Babbitt.via KNSD

The officer, who has not been identified by Capitol Police or 
investigators, "used clear appropriate use of force. It's not even a close 
call," said the officer's lawyer, Mark E. Schamel.
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The broken doors and a few officers were the only things separating the 
mob from members of Congress, Schamel stressed. "I think it's his heroism 
and his restraint that saved lives," Schamel told NBC News.

The Department of Justice announced last month that the Metropolitan 
Police Department of the District of Columbia would investigate the 
shooting, and the officer was placed on leave.

"This is routine, standard procedure whenever an officer deploys lethal 
force. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is 
overseeing the investigation," a Justice Department spokesperson said at 
the time.

The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for 
comment.

A spokesperson for the Capitol Police said the department does not comment 
on ongoing investigations.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Department said the 
investigation was not complete, and "it would be irresponsible to make an 
investigatory assumption or to jump to any conclusion."

"There is no further update available to provide at this time," she said.
Video shows new angle of Ashli Babbitt shooting inside Capitol
Jan. 9, 202100:57

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington is investigating the attack on 
the Capitol and leading prosecutions against an ever-growing list of more 
than 150 people who were allegedly involved.

Four other people, including a Capitol Police officer, died as a result of 
the Jan. 6 rioting.

Babbitt was a decorated security forces controller in the Air Force and 
served multiple Middle East tours from 2004 to 2016.

Using the handle CommonAshSense, Babbitt’s Twitter account was almost 
singularly focused on radical conservative topics and conspiracy theories.

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Babbitt was a loyal Fox News watcher, according to thousands of tweets to 
Fox News hosts, but she also engaged on social media with the conspiracy 
site InfoWars. In 2020, Babbitt began to tweet with QAnon accounts and use 
QAnon hashtags.

The day before the rally, she tweeted, "Nothing will stop us....they can 
try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in 
less than 24 hours....dark to light!”

On forums and platforms like Parler, where Trump supporters and QAnon 
followers fled after being banned on Twitter and Facebook, many claimed 
Babbitt’s death was faked. Others on the far-right have hailed Babbitt as 
a martyr for the cause.

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