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NO CHARGES TO BE FILED AGAINST OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED UNARMED TRUMP SUPPORTER ASHLI BABBITT By Evan Perez and Paul LeBlanc | CNN
Investigators have recommended that prosecutors decline to bring charges against a US Capitol Police officer in the shooting of a pro-Trump rioter who was killed during the insurrection, according to people familiar with the matter.
The shooting of pro-Trump rioter, Ashli Babbitt, remains under investigation by the DC Metropolitan Police, the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, and civil rights prosecutors, a routine process for shootings involving the Capitol Police. A final decision hasn’t been made, the people familiar with the probe told CNN.
Justice Department officials could make a final decision in the coming days.
CNN has reached out to Metropolitan Police and the US Attorney’s Office in DC for comment. The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the recommendation.
Babbitt was fatally shot as the mob tried to force its way toward the House Chamber where members of Congress were sheltering, US Capitol Police said in a statement. She was given medical assistance immediately and taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Babbitt was an ardent Trump supporter who held strong political views, her mother previously told CNN, and was “passionate enough to die for what she believed in.”
Babbitt, who was previously married but separated from her husband in 2019, frequently attended pro-Trump rallies. She flew to Washington, DC, from San Diego, California, with the intent to participate in the protest, her mother said.
A CNN review of Babbitt’s social media accounts determined Babbitt frequently voiced support for Trump and other Republican figures on Facebook. She also shared content promoting political conspiracy theories often pushed by far-right figures.
Babbitt served as a senior airman in the US Air Force from 2004 to 2008 under the name Ashli Elizabeth McEntee, according to military records. She was a member of the Air Force Reserve from 2008 to 2010 and was in the Air National Guard from 2010 until November 2016, records show.
Piece-of-shit CNN fails to mention that Babbitt was
UNARMED when she was shot from several yards away, climbing through a window, by the officer. Remember when an identified violent repeat felon piece of garbage was shot (not killed) by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin when the thug reached for a knife in his SUV? And there were riots and half a city burned because of alleged excessive force? "Black Lives Matter" they scream in an orchestrated event, despite on a perfectly legitimate police shooting.
But when Ashli Babbitt, a decorated 35 year old military veteran,
UNARMED, is shot dead? Nothing to see here, no further investigation, no charges, move on.
Does Ashli Babbitt's life matter?
Apparently not so much.
And I would point out that BLM leader John Earle Sullivan orchestrated the panic on the police side of that Jan 6th incident. And yet he is home, under only house arrest and still stoking violence on Facebook and Twitter, who apparently have no problem with him directly causing Babbitt's death, and further using their social media platforms to promote violence.
He probably will see his case dropped by the
97% Democrat-campaign-donating DOJ/FBI as well.
The same is true of the
less than neutral journalists at CNN.
