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“A contrast in 2 incredibly different circumstances” wow enlighteningA contrast in 2 cases
George Floyd - Family gets $27 million in less than one year. Derek Chauvin will rot and die in prison.
Ashli Babbitt - By the time her family gets their initial day in court over 5 years will have passed. Michael Byrd walks around a free man, still employed and drawing a nice paycheck after being promoted.
How so? It was pretty cut and dry. Every been to the Capitol? or House Floor? or the Chamber?You know me and know I tend to lean towards the blue if I think they're right.
This was not a case of being right regardless of the location. LEOs have to meet the reasonable objectiveness in the use of force. As well as intent, capability and opportunity of the perpetrator in question.
Neither one was met here.
NEW: Shocking and Disgusting Revelations Emerge About the USCP Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt
New, shocking revelations have emerged regarding the USCP officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6th, 2021. According to a new report, then-Lt. Michael Byrd, who claims to have saved "countless lives" that day, was paid tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money after the shooting and even demanded cash from a memorial fund meant for the families of slain officers.
The report also reveals Byrd's long history of professional misconduct. Naturally, after a House Oversight subcommittee requested more information, the USCP claimed it could not find any records associated with the officer's disciplinary record. One Internal Affairs investigation involved him leaving his post to play cards.
The 2001 investigation of Michael L. Byrd, 56, was the first known disciplinary case brought against the lieutenant who crept from his blind near the doors to the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021, and shot Babbitt to death. The 2001 incident is the fourth such disciplinary case disclosed since Nov. 20.
A source with detailed knowledge of the Internal Affairs Division case told Blaze News that Byrd was charged with abandoning his post, eating and drinking at his post, and lying to investigators — a terminable offense. It is one of three Byrd disciplinary cases for which records could not be found when a House oversight subcommittee requested them in early 2024, the source said.
According to sources, surveillance video proved that Byrd had committed the alleged breach of protocol. Instead of admitting to it, he ended up lying to investigators, leading to a recommendation that he be fired. USCP administrators never took action, though.
If that isn't a perfect illustration of the federal government, I'm not sure what is. Byrd had multiple disciplinary investigations take place against him, with at least one involving a recommendation of termination, and he was still on the job in 2021 to shoot Ashli Babbitt. That leads me to the most disgusting part of these revelations. While other officers were paid $3,000 in retention bonuses following January 6th, Byrd was given $36,000. He was also reimbursed for another $21,000 in "security upgrades" for his home in Maryland and housed at Joint Base Andrews at a cost of $35,000 from July 2021 until January 2022.
I understand being bothered/upset over her being shot. But a big fan? She's a moron.Trump branded Babbitt's death a 'murder' and demanded 'justice' for the Air Force veteran.
'I'm a big fan of Ashli Babbitt, OK, and Ashli Babbitt was a really good person who was a big MAGA fan, Trump fan, and she was innocently standing there -- they even say trying to sort of hold back the crowd,' Trump said in March.
'And a man did something unthinkable to her when he shot her, and I think it's a disgrace. I'm going to look into that. I did not know that.'
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She was shot by then-Lieutenant Michael Byrd, who was later cleared of any wrongdoing
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Trump administration makes shock decision in \Jan 6 rioter lawsuit
Ashli Babbitt, 35, was gunned down by then-Lieutenant Michael Byrd as she and thousands of others attempted to storm the Hill in 2021.www.dailymail.co.uk
The American Taxpayer will pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a supporter of the president who was fatally shot by police when she tried to storm the House Speaker’s Lobby during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to multiple reports.
After settling with the family earlier this month, the Justice Department agreed Monday to pay a principal of just under $5 million to Babbitt’s estate, which was originally seeking $30 million, the Washington Post reported.
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Babbitt’s mother, Micki Witthoeft, held nightly protests in Washington, DC, for two years.
US Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd shot the unarmed Babbitt, 35, as she attempted to climb through a broken window of a barricaded door within the Capitol Building during the riot.
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Family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt gets $5M settlement in wrongful death lawsuit: reports
The Trump administration will pay nearly $5 million to Ashli Babbitt’s family, who was fatally shot by police when she tried to storm the House Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6 Capitol…nypost.com