Ashli Babbitt's family files $30 million lawsuit over Jan. 6 shooting death

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85. This was not vandalism, Jim. This was not simple property damage ...

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They were hunting down elected officials and gov't police in an area closed down to them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ashli_Babbitt#Personal_life_and_viewpoints_of_Ashli_Babbitt

Babbitt, wearing a Trump flag as a cape, was among several dozen rioters who approached the doors to the Speaker's Lobby, adjacent to the House chambers.[5][55] Three uniformed officers were posted outside the Lobby where they were threatened by the crowd. One member of the mob yelled, "Fuck the Blue" (blue being a reference to the police). One officer guarding the doors told the others "They're ready to roll", and the three officers moved away from the barricaded doors leading to the Speaker's Lobby.[5] No longer impeded by police, one rioter, Zachary Jordan Alam, smashed a glass window beside the doors.[12][56] On the other side of those doors, many lawmakers and staff were being evacuated by Capitol Police,[8] but some were trapped in the House balcony.[57]

After "he's got a gun" was yelled several times when Lieutenant Michael Byrd aimed his weapon,[58] Babbitt, hoisted by two men,[18] began to climb through the shattered window. She was then shot in the left shoulder[9] by Lieutenant Byrd[10][8] and fell back among the other protesters.[18] Babbitt had been warned not to proceed through the window: one witness recalled that "A number of police and Secret Service were saying 'Get back! Get down! Get out of the way!'; [Babbitt] didn't heed the call."[59]

Many rioters immediately began to leave the scene, making room for a Capitol Police emergency response team to get in and administer aid, and Babbitt was transported to Washington Hospital Center where she later died. She was 35 years old.[8] Some media reports described Babbitt as "unarmed" at the time of the shooting;[60][61] according to a January 11, 2021 crime scene examination report by the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences, the police "recovered a 'Para Force' folding knife in Ms. Babbitt's pants pocket" after she was shot.[62][63][64][65][66]

She got what she deserved. She wasn't shot obeying officers, including Secret Service, and retreating.