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Unarmed white woman killed by police (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 OP
If only she had complied with police commands. BannonsLiver Jan 2021 #1
She was a threat to the nation cameliano1 Jan 2021 #2
Too bad, so sad. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #3
What a god damned shame YDogg Jan 2021 #4
She was committing a felony. C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #5
Bummer. jalan48 Jan 2021 #6
Various posts on DU throughout the day have said otherwise when it comes to "unarmed" RockRaven Jan 2021 #7
She sacrificed her life for Trump. sop Jan 2021 #8
Didn't she throw a duffel bag into Senate chambers? bdjhawk Jan 2021 #9
I watched the video - she was wearing the backpack when she was shot. Talitha Jan 2021 #24
Amazing David__77 Jan 2021 #10
Anyone breaching the Capitol steps should expect to be shot. I don't care Hoyt Jan 2021 #11
She was leading breaking into corridor of Speaker's office area. SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #12
She was a terrorist justifiably killed while storming the Capitol. SunSeeker Jan 2021 #13
I don't really care vercetti2021 Jan 2021 #14
Guess she forgot this part: Dem2theMax Jan 2021 #15
She was a Q nut, so she was a member of a terrorist org that explicitly calls for a bloody coup enki23 Jan 2021 #16
"Unarmed Black man killed by police" rarely gets as much press Retrograde Jan 2021 #17
"High level security officer" without enough sense to not climb through... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2021 #18
Was a "high-level security officer" in the USAF. moondust Jan 2021 #19
14 years in--must have fucked up to get out at 14 years. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #25
I had read earlier that she was only 16 yrs old.... Bayard Jan 2021 #20
Yep Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 #22
I have it on good authority gratuitous Jan 2021 #21
Maybe she Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #23
Domestic terrorist Rice4VP Jan 2021 #26

RockRaven

(14,962 posts)
7. Various posts on DU throughout the day have said otherwise when it comes to "unarmed"
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:11 AM
Jan 2021

Some said she had a handgun....

Point taken, but the premise of the RWNJ hypocrisy might be a lie, as is usual for right wing propagandists.

bdjhawk

(420 posts)
9. Didn't she throw a duffel bag into Senate chambers?
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:13 AM
Jan 2021

I read somewhere she was part of thugs breaking glass at the door of the chambers and throw a duffel bag in. As it could have contained bombs, she was shot. If that is the case, I have no sympathy for her. This news report make her sound so patriotic but she was not.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. Anyone breaching the Capitol steps should expect to be shot. I don't care
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:15 AM
Jan 2021

what they were protesting or terrorizing. I’m sure I can think of some instances/causes where I’d be pissed it happened, like a disabled person needing helped, but that’s my general belief.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
12. She was leading breaking into corridor of Speaker's office area. SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:16 AM
Jan 2021

Times like that police can't stop and frisk

She was a criminal engaged in a dangerous criminal act, breaking and entering at least, during a riot that endangered staff and elected members of Congress.

It's good luck, and also due to policy of engagement I think, that she was the only one shot.

She should not have been surprised to be shot, and having been in the armed forces she certainly was prepared.

SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING.

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)
15. Guess she forgot this part:
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:17 AM
Jan 2021

'I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;'

In my eyes, she's a traitor.

Retrograde

(10,134 posts)
17. "Unarmed Black man killed by police" rarely gets as much press
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:21 AM
Jan 2021

Sorry, she was an adult storming the Capitol. Actions have consequences.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,325 posts)
18. "High level security officer" without enough sense to not climb through...
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:25 AM
Jan 2021

... a barricaded door, during a riot, leading to the office of the 2nd in line of Presidential succession.

moondust

(19,976 posts)
19. Was a "high-level security officer" in the USAF.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:33 AM
Jan 2021

14 years in the Air Force.

Kind of unsettling. Maybe she was one of the RW radicals I recall hearing about joining the military following 9/11.

What happened to her tacit "authoritarian connection" to law enforcement?

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
25. 14 years in--must have fucked up to get out at 14 years.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:18 AM
Jan 2021

Most people hang in there to get the bennies at that point.

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
22. Yep
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:57 AM
Jan 2021

And she was the only ‘Patriot’ in there. Everyone was Antifa and she was climbing thru the window to fight them off

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
21. I have it on good authority
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:56 AM
Jan 2021

That the law enforcement officer who unfortunately shot her was in mortal fear of his or her or their life. After the officer's peers and co-workers conduct a thorough review of all the available evidence, I have little doubt that justice will be served and the officer will be absolved.

Feels real bad, doesn't it, Ashli's pals?

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