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Effete Snob

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2. Officer Should Get A Medal

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 03:07 PM

Jul 2021

Thank goodness there was someone who knew what to do when a crazed lunatic with a backpack tries to get through a broken window of a barricaded door and toward members of Congress.

The officer showed great restraint by not taking out more of the enemy.

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Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt was not a part of a specific security detail to a member of Congress [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2021 OP

I heard a while back that he was Haggard Celine Jul 2021 #1

Officer Should Get A Medal Effete Snob Jul 2021 #2

Office Eugene Goodman could have stopped that mob chasing him on the stairwell had he drawn his brewens Jul 2021 #5

His intention was to divert the attention of the Traitor Trash Sneederbunk Jul 2021 #8

That officer prevented that mob from breaking through the door. GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #3

The tweet narrowed down who it could be... lame54 Jul 2021 #6

Yes. The "senior law enforcement official" who made that comment (if even true) GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #9

That should be standard procedure nation wide for any law enforcement involved in a shooting MichMan Jul 2021 #10

yep, all that was needed was a "Putin's Whore is lying again" from an official or ... uponit7771 Jul 2021 #11

It did. It was a stupid thing to say. He's a target, I fear. nolabear Jul 2021 #12

The nut jobs love a good guy with a gun LastDemocratInSC Jul 2021 #15

Not Yet Returned To Duty SoCalDavidS Jul 2021 #4

Ashli Babbitt was part of an insurrection with people armed with assorted weapons. Solly Mack Jul 2021 #7

That simple malaise Jul 2021 #13

I know the right is desperate for heroes but damn. Solly Mack Jul 2021 #14