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

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142. I totally agree with you it was a last resort

Each department has a mission. The use of force is similar but not always the same depending on the roll of the department. Ms Babbitt was in the aggressor stage. She had fought her way into the building, to its second floor, to a barricades inner sanctum where there were members of congress were trapped, she was the tip of the spear trying to lead armed people into the safe haven, she was given verbal command to stop, she continued, there may, and I will use may have been enough officers to engage in physical contact with her, but clearly not enough to stop the rest of the armed crowd.

Adding to that, there were confirmed pipe bombs being worked by hazardous disposal teams, calls of shots fired and no, the capitol police at that point did not have tasers but the crowd did. The department did not issue nor train in the use of them until After 1/6 , and they do not store nor did they have access to less than lethal rounds as the USCP does not store weapons on the floor of the house, it’s the house chamber used for debating legislation, not an armory for the storage of weapons.

Ms Babbitt loss of life is tragic, but Lt Byrd was investigated by multiple agencies. He took a protective action that led to the loss of a life and he now has to live with that.
It is also tragic that today is three years since USCP officer Brian Sicknick died. His life was taken by the mob that attacked the capitol. He was involved in hand to hand combat on the west front and was attacked with chemical munitions that the insurrectionist brought to their peaceful protest