Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt exonerated in internal probe

[CatWoman]

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt outside a door of the U.S. Capitol has been formally exonerated after an internal investigation, according to a department memo obtained by NBC News.

The officer, whose name has not been released, opened fire on Babbitt as she and a mob of other Trump supporters tried to forcefully enter the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Video of the shooting showed Babbitt in front of a crowd of rioters trying to get through a door leading to where members of Congress were being evacuated on the House side of the building.

The Justice Department announced in April that no charges were being brought against the officer. The exoneration by the Capitol Police wraps up the last remaining investigation into the incident.

A memo from the commander of the Capitol Police’s Office of Personal Responsibility says “no further action will be taken in this matter” after the officer was exonerated for use of force.

The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-exonerated-internal-probe-n1277336?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[wryter2000]

1. He/she probably saved the lives of several members of Congress

I only hope their identity never gets out.

[spooky3]

2. The officer deserves a medal. Nt

[RKP5637]

6. Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[malaise]

10. THIS

[bottomofthehill]

22. Saying he "Opened fire" is overkill. He fired one round in defense of Members of Congress

Maybe I am off base here, as he did discharge his weapon, but opened fire...... seems a bit much to me.

[malaise]

23. Agree

From she jumped through that broken space, she deserve whatever she got

[George II]

33. I saw that too. It gives the impression that he sprayed the crowd with gunfire. One shot. Period.

[SunSeeker]

38. Exactly. Meanwhile, the press keeps calling them protesters instead if insurrectionists.

[UnderThisLaw]

28. Presidential Medal of Freedom, I'd say NFM

[SunSeeker]

37. Yes indeed. nt

[calimary]

59. Totally! And a raise!

How was that officer possibly supposed to know she wasn’t armed and ready to do real damage - and maybe worse?

She ONLY tried to climb in over the heads of a crowd of menacing attackers through a broken window into a high security area already under seige by an active, violent, and uncontrolled mob of rioters and other assorted nogoodniks, many of whom WERE armed, wearing paramilitary gear, throwing fists, spraying bear spray and tear gas, outnumbering the police, attacking officers with their own shields (remember “shoot him with his own gun!”?), stealing documents l, “souvenirs” and stuff out of Congressional offices, tearing down barricades, breaking windows and furniture and creating wreckage and mayhem everywhere they went. That’s all.

ABSOLUTELY NO sympathy whatsoever. She got what she deserved. Period.

[RKP5637]

5. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[iluvtennis]

34. Indeed! n/t

[Hoyt]

3. Good. All anyone needed to do was look at the video in that article to determine why she was shot.

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Four Warnings!

Four!
She got every opportunity to survive the day. She chose poorly.

[zuul]

4. Good!

[Goonch]

7. ;-{)

[mobeau69]

8. Wow! There is some sanity left.

[Siwsan]

11. That was such a frantic day but my memory is that the shooting was aired, as it happened

I just have a strong memory of seeing her being pulled back and it was obvious she had been shot.

Anyone else remember seeing it happen?

[BannonsLiver]

14. I remember seeing the video that same day but not live.

She fell like a sack of potatoes.

[barbtries]

15. very much.

she was climbing through the window. the warning had been given. i watched the first unedited videos taken after she was shot, at least i think they were the first. it's heart wrenching to see a young woman die, but i felt then and believe to this day that her shooting was justified.

that mob was hell bent on murder. i watched the event fold out on PBS news and the anchor kept calling the insurrectionists "protesters" until I was screaming at my computer. It was like she (the anchor whose name I should know but don't) was not capable of processing what she was looking at.

[3catwoman3]

24. If memory serves correctly, she was warned more...

..than once.

[barbtries]

42. yes.

she felt invincible i guess, just taken away by the mob mentality.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Four Times

The cop gave her every opportunity to stand down.

[edbermac]

17. She fell back after getting shot.

[Jon King]

12. She was trying to lead a murderous mob through a barricade.

She was trying to lead an armed mob through a barricade where they could then kill police and members of Congress. Good riddance.

[SCantiGOP]

26. And she could have had a gun

or even a bomb.
The “tourists” didn’t pass through the metal
detectors that day.

[crickets]

31. Yep. She was wearing a daypack - there's no telling what was in it.

As former military, she knew exactly what she was doing and that it was wrong. There's no way she didn't see or hear that a gun was drawn against her. Shooting her stopped the mob cold, and certainly save many lives. Period.

[yonder]

50. Former military police if I remember right.

She understood the risks.

[c-rational]

60. +1

[nvme]

13. Consequences

You try to attack any government on the planet and the security folks are going to do their jobs and serve their protectee's

[TheRealNorth]

16. She was a vet...

She would have known what's happens when insurgents try to infiltrate a secure perimeter. She just never thought she would be at the other end of the gun. Womp womp.

[bottomofthehill]

18. let me try to help a little bit with this, the ALL CAPS are my edits

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot DOMESTIC TERRORIST Ashli Babbitt AT AN INTERIOR DOOR OF THE US CAPITOL DIRECTLY OFF OF THE HOUSE FLOOR WHERE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE PRESENT has been formally exonerated after an EXHAUSTIVE internal investigation, according to a US CAPITOL POLICE department memo obtained by NBC News. MONTHS AGO, THE OFFICER WAS ALSO EXONERATED BY THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE US ATTORNEYS OFFICE. THIS INVESTIGATION WAS INTO THE USCP POLICIES, AND AGAIN, HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED NONE.

The officer, whose name has not been released, FIRED ONE ROUND IN DEFENSE OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS THAT STRUCK Babbitt. SHE and a VIOLENT mob of other DOMESTIC TERRORISTS SUPPORTING DISGRACED FORMER PRESIDENT Trump WERE TRYING TO forcefully enter the HOUSE CHAMBER DURING THE INSURRECTION on Jan. 6.

Video of the shooting showed Babbitt in front of a crowd of TERRORISTS LAUNCHING HERSELF THROUGH A WINDOW THAT THE TERRORISTS HAD SMASHED OUT LEADING DIRECTLY to where members of Congress were being evacuated FROM the House CHAMBER WHILE DEBATING THE CHALLENGE TO ARIZONA'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES THAT WAS BASED ON A LIE.

The Justice Department announced in April that no charges were being brought against the officer. The exoneration by the Capitol Police wraps up the last remaining investigation into the incident.

A memo from the commander of the Capitol Police’s Office of Personal Responsibility says “no further action will be taken in this matter” after the officer was exonerated for use of force IN PROTECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF.

The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

[ZonkerHarris]

32. yours is better

[Justice matters.]

36. Yes to telling it like it was.

Tired of all the attempts at whitewashing what really happened.

A orange domestic terrorist and his sycophants incited a violent DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACK on the US Capitol.

[louslobbs]

45. Perfect!

N/T

[ProfessorGAC]

51. Excellent! (nt)

[ShazzieB]

55. Good job!

This actually clarified some important details for me, and I've been following this thing from the start. Thanks for that.

I would just suggest changing "former" president to "outgoing" president, since TFG was still in office when the insurrection occurred. It's easy to lose track of that, since his behavior at the time was so grotesquely unlike that of any other outgoing president in history!

[spooky3]

58. MUCH more accurate. nt

[druidity33]

61. if you could do that...

for all pertinent 'news' articles and had a website of your own... i think you could make a shit-ton of money. I'd pay $10 a month for you to reprocess the news accurately for me. And the content may not be copyrighted if you rewrite every article USING THE TRUTH. I don't know, with the right support and staff, i could see it being a thing. Unless there is already such a thing...

[captain queeg]

19. If the rethugs have not identified the police officer yet it just a matter of time.

[kimbutgar]

20. I'm afraid that TFG will name this officer as he obviously still has some insiders in the capitol

Who want to appease him.

I pray this officer stays safe and his family is not threatened or harmed.

[ffr]

21. I don't understand why more of the rioter terrorists weren't shot.

That only one was shot amazes me to no end.

[Mr.Bill]

25. If they had shot the first few breaking into the front doors,

the rest would have ran screaming.

[ffr]

62. You got that right.

[CrispyQ]

27. NEW YORK TIMES INSURRECTION VIDEO REPORT - June 30, 2021

This was posted when it came out in June, but it's worth posting again. The video is 40 minutes & is a compilation of video collected from that day, from various sources. They include a map of the Capitol grounds with graphics of where the rioters were & where they breached the building. It's so worth the 40 minutes to watch the entire video. Below I noted when Ashli Babbitt got shot. The insurrectionists were clearly warned not to proceed.

No paywall for this NTY INSURRECTION VIDEO REPORT, released June 30, 2021

Day of Rage: An In-Depth Look at How a Mob Stormed the Capitol
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007606996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html

8:55 - Map of the outside of the Capitol Building & where the rioters were gathering.

14:14 - Floor plan of inside of Capitol Building & then fans out to the entire grounds.

19:17 - Floor plan of Senate side of Capitol Building. Rioters have broken into the Capitol building by this point.

20:44 - Officer Goodman lures the rioters away from an unguarded door & into a line of fellow officers.

21:33 - Layout of the Rotunda & Crypt & House side of the Capitol Building.

22:22 - A copy of the tweet Trump sent out at 2:24pm as the Capitol Building was being stormed by angry MAGA.

22:50 - Rioters breach the other side of the Capitol Building & look for House chambers.

27:19 - Ashli Babbitt arrives at the place where she will be shot.

28:20 - Ashli Babbitt is shot trying to breach the House chamber.

29:49 - Map of outside Capitol Building & where the crowd is. Continues into stunning footage of how the police were overwhelmed, & calls for backup were ignored.

33:00 - "Law respecting" trumpers beating police as they storm the Capitol Building.

34:06 - Trumpers trample one of their own, after she collapses & her friend's cries for help are ignored.

34:55 - Map of the Capitol Building & an overview of all the places it was breached. If you don't watch any other part of this report, watch this. It shows the scope of the breach.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

64. I watched this video

It’s very well done. Provides a nice timeline to the day’s festivities.

Lock them up, every damn one of them.

[multigraincracker]

29. No civil suits against the officer because of....

Qualified Immunity..

[Effete Snob]

41. That and a totally justified shooting.

[ZonkerHarris]

30. Now when does he get his medal? He really did save the day and stop the crowd.

[EleanorR]

35. and NBC uses a pic of a smiling babbitt surrounded by flowers and a flag for their story

Do all criminals get pictures like this?

[Takket]

43. that's HORRIBLE! I can't believe they did that... well, i can believe it actually *sigh*

[Cha]

39. Excellent.. Babbitt should have stayed home.

instead of committing Treason.

[Effete Snob]

40. Should get a medal

[greenjar_01]

44. She should have complied

[louslobbs]

46. Attacking traitors sometimes get

shot. Babs was a traitor.

[orangecrush]

49. GOOD

[Ishoutandscream2]

52. He a national hero

And should be recognized as such.

[keithbvadu2]

53. Trump had two weeks to have the Justice Dept file charges.

"The Justice Department announced in April that no charges were being brought against the officer."

Trump had two weeks to have the Justice Dept file charges.

[lindysalsagal]

54. You know she saw the gun and kept coming through the gap.

The woman wasn't exactly out walking the dog.

[Takket]

56. too bad we can't know the name of the officer...

i'd love to know what to put on the statue's plaque.

[Hortensis]

57. Of course. No brainer. no gray areas.

[Tarc]

63. He put down a domestic terrorist, that is medal-worthy

[Blue Owl]

65. K&R

[LudwigPastorius]

66. It was a good shoot.

I hate to say it, but if more of those traitorous scumbags had been shot, we might not have to worry about another attempt to overthrow the government.

[brewens]

67. I say Medal of Freedom at the next SOTU! Talk about blowing up some MAGAt heads! n/t

[Dorian Gray]

68. Well, duh....

never had a doubt.

[Paladin]

69. Outstanding news. (nt)

[Marthe48]

70. The officer saved lives

In my opinion, they were exonerated immediately, right there on that battlefield.

[oldsoftie]

71. She was warned 4 times. Obey the cop, she wouldnt have been shot

And if they'd popped 3-4 of them as they ILLEGALLY BROKE into the building to begin with, it would have ended right then & there. Just as no one else entered the broken door after Babbit was shot

[Sneederbunk]

72. So you are saying, that in police shootings, noncompliance should be considered?

[llashram]

73. he did his duty

appropriately... glad he cleared the administrative hurdles.

[OverBurn]

74. They should have shot more of them.