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In reply to the discussion: Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)77. It was a joint session, with Pence present, that was abruptly stopped. nt
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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