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In reply to the discussion: U.S. Capitol Police officer cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt during Capitol [View all]EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)It broke my heart to see this person shot, but she put herself in danger. At the point that she was actively advancing through the breach, she was shot. And then, they all kind of stopped and retreated. Or, began rendering aid.
No matter how many law enforcement guys were behind them, or amongst them, the crowd did not seem at all concerned with them. That put awful pressure on the guy holding the line there at the door. I think he did the right thing. He was defending that hallway no matter what. If he did not do it, and the door was breached, no telling what would have happened. And, they would have gotten the officer's gun.
I blame Donald John Trump for all of this. HE INCITED THAT RIOT. He clearly made a speech urging them to do what they did. He was the effing pResident. He's sitting there in the luxury of Mar a Lago, while others are in their graves. He is despicable.
Other countries arrest everybody in sight and execute them. We don't. We will spend millions giving them their day in court, because that's who we are. We are a nation of laws. And, that prick Trump got away scot free. He should be in jail under indictment. But, no, his Repub buddies saved him. Shame on all of them!
I feel bad for the girl, for the officer dragged into the hostile crowd and beaten, for the officer who was crushed in the door, and for all the injured or killed defenders. I even feel bad for the woman who was trampled to death, or who od, or whatever. She still died serving Trump's purpose. The whole thing was sickening.
It was still a coup attempt. It was not a party, or a protest, or anything tamer. It was a coup attempt on our government. The mixed up thing is, most of those thousands of people didn't understand what was going on. At least, that's what I'm thinking.
We seem to have a serious problem with maturity. What happened?? Sunspots??