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In reply to the discussion: Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol [View all]Straw Man
(6,622 posts)64. Yes. They were about to gain access to the House chamber.
You saw how insane and pumped up they were. What do you think they would have done when they got inside?
The people defending that hallway were vastly outnumbered. She got shot because she was the first one through the breach. Had she gained entrance, many more would have followed and removed the barriers. Then all hell would have broken loose. That was prevented with a single shot.
This was absolutely a justified shooting. The officer was defending the people he is sworn to defend.
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why did the police abandon their duties and move away. they had a bunch with big guns coming
msongs
Jan 2021
#1
They were getting out of the way of those with guns who prepared to shoot protestors if
Demsrule86
Jan 2021
#60
I read somewhere this was the same hallway Pence was evacuated through moments before.
liberalmuse
Jan 2021
#2
If the terrorists breached those doors they would have had access to the House Floor just feet away.
aeromanKC
Jan 2021
#3
Capitol Police 'didn't have a choice' in shooting Ashli Babbitt, GOP lawmaker says
BeyondGeography
Jan 2021
#5
Here is the graphic video of the woman being shot - please don't watch if you're sensitive
coeur_de_lion
Jan 2021
#6
The doors were being breached. The shot woman was climbing through a fucking opening.
SMC22307
Jan 2021
#10
Exactly. I may be a bad person but I have no sympathy for her. Those three unarmed cops...
SMC22307
Jan 2021
#22
She climbed through the window it was aimed at her.She was air force and was a trained killer.
Demsrule86
Jan 2021
#62
Ahhh, she climbs thru and OPENS the door for the rest of the rabble? Ya think?
winstars
Jan 2021
#16
If that entire room full of terrorists had ended up lying in pools of their own blood
Crunchy Frog
Jan 2021
#23
And they need to all end up in prison, with the murder of Ashli among the convictions.
Crunchy Frog
Jan 2021
#50
She was climbing through the window...no doubt many other would have followed...there
Demsrule86
Jan 2021
#61
The MAGAT on the left repeatedly yelled "there's a gun!" while pointing to it.
SMC22307
Jan 2021
#19
Three unarmed cops were trying to keep them from breaking through those doors.
SMC22307
Jan 2021
#41
They were white. All the disturbances that have happened, no cop has fired on white folks, just
LiberalArkie
Jan 2021
#32
They are secret service.. Once she got her body through the opening an officer with a hand gun shot
LiberalArkie
Jan 2021
#49
They could not let her in. The police had no idea what was in the backpack. They knew
LiberalArkie
Jan 2021
#57
So, was Speaker Pelosi, Senator President McConnell, or Senate President-elect
Blue_true
Jan 2021
#75
When you can see a gun or guns drawn that is the time to take it seriously.
BannonsLiver
Jan 2021
#35
She brought it on herself. Evidently these MAGAT terrorists had maps of the tunnels...
SMC22307
Jan 2021
#9
Nice, clear video of rabid MAGATs breaking down the door... more arrests and firings forthcoming.
SMC22307
Jan 2021
#13
There were riot cops coming up the stairs to their left who were relieving them.
BarackTheVote
Jan 2021
#67
Also true, but they weren't going to get there in time to stop Babbitt. Unfortunate. nt
crickets
Jan 2021
#68
All the police did. catch more video on ABC.. Officers wedging their bodies in doorways to keep
LiberalArkie
Jan 2021
#52