Infuriating… and the timing of the DOJ announcement explains Biden on distract television today.
Not only did the DOJ not prosecute the Capitol Hill police officer who murdered Ashli Babbitt, but they still refuse to name him. The sunlight upon the two-tiers of justice in the United States is at a supernova level of intensity. Everything about this DOJ announcement is FUBAR:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will not pursue criminal charges against the U.S. Capitol Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, the Office announced today.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section and the Civil Rights Division, with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD), conducted a thorough investigation of Ms. Babbitt’s shooting. Officials examined video footage posted on social media, statements from the officer involved and other officers and witnesses to the events, physical evidence from the scene of the shooting, and the results of an autopsy.
Based on that investigation, officials determined that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution. Officials from IAD informed a representative of Ms. Babbitt’s family today of this determination.
The investigation determined that, on January 6, 2021, Ms. Babbitt joined a crowd of people that gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election. Inside the Capitol building, a Joint Session of Congress, convened to certify the results of the Electoral College vote, was underway. Members of the crowd outside the building, which was closed to the public during the Joint Session, eventually forced their way into the Capitol building and past U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officers attempting to maintain order. The Joint Session was stopped, and the USCP began evacuating members of Congress.
The investigation further determined that Ms. Babbitt was among a mob of people that entered the Capitol building and gained access to a hallway outside “Speaker’s Lobby,” which leads to the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives. At the time, the USCP was evacuating Members from the Chamber, which the mob was trying to enter from multiple doorways. USCP officers used furniture to barricade a set of glass doors separating the hallway and Speaker’s Lobby to try and stop the mob from entering the Speaker’s Lobby and the Chamber, and three officers positioned themselves between the doors and the mob.
Members of the mob attempted to break through the doors by striking them and breaking the glass with their hands, flagpoles, helmets, and other objects. Eventually, the three USCP officers positioned outside the doors were forced to evacuate. As members of the mob continued to strike the glass doors, Ms. Babbitt attempted to climb through one of the doors where glass was broken out. An officer inside the Speaker’s Lobby fired one round from his service pistol, striking Ms. Babbitt in the left shoulder, causing her to fall back from the doorway and onto the floor. A USCP emergency response team, which had begun making its way into the hallway to try and subdue the mob, administered aid to Ms. Babbitt, who was transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she succumbed to her injuries.
The focus of the criminal investigation was to determine whether federal prosecutors could prove that the officer violated any federal laws, concentrating on the possible application of 18 U.S.C. § 242, a federal criminal civil rights statute. In order to establish a violation of this statute, prosecutors must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the officer acted willfully to deprive Ms. Babbitt of a right protected by the Constitution or other law, here the Fourth Amendment right not to be subjected to an unreasonable seizure.
Prosecutors would have to prove not only that the officer used force that was constitutionally unreasonable, but that the officer did so “willfully,” which the Supreme Court has interpreted to mean that the officer acted with a bad purpose to disregard the law. As this requirement has been interpreted by the courts, evidence that an officer acted out of fear, mistake, panic, misperception, negligence, or even poor judgment cannot establish the high level of intent required under Section 242.
The investigation revealed no evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer willfully committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. Specifically, the investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot at Ms. Babbitt, the officer did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber. Acknowledging the tragic loss of life and offering condolences to Ms. Babbitt’s family, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Department of Justice have therefore closed the investigation into this matter. (link)
More photos on Gateway Pundit reveal that the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt was black. When a white officer shoots a black person they are identified. When a black officer shoots an unarmed white woman, that doesn’t fit their leftist narrative.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/breaking-exclusive-police-lieutenant-shot-killed-ashli-babbitt-lead-murder-suspect-ashli-babbitt-case/
This outcome was completely expected. The murderer of Ashli Babbitt is a decorated (by Pres. Trump) Capitol Police Officer. He was golden, before & after and the Machine was NEVER going to allow anything to tarnish him. Somewhere along the way someone will probably ferret out David Bailey’s whereabouts, or he will be sued in civil court although I doubt likelihood of the family prevailing.
Now eat your peas Comrades and move along.
It does not appear to have been David Bailey.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/breaking-exclusive-police-lieutenant-shot-killed-ashli-babbitt-lead-murder-suspect-ashli-babbitt-case/
Asking for a friend, When do WE start rioting and burning down cities ?
I don’t know, but can we please start with D.C.?
A riot there would actually improve the place.
All we did was SHOW UP in DC and they declared OPEN SEASON on us.
When do we get free bail monies and get out of jail free cards?
Posting the name and picture of someone you heard or read was the shooter all over the internet just because you read it on the internet is just as reckless, stupid, and irresponsible as what the FBI did to Richard Jewel.
You would think the fact that other people have pointed out that Bailey was not the shooter would at least make people stop and use their brains.
The shooter should be identified and prosecuted. The DOJ should be shuttered for corruption. People posting accusations with out direct evidence should go hang themselves.
The term “two tiered justice” is on it’s face benign…..and doesn’t accurately convey the gravity of the issue….going forward, I will only be referring to it as what it really is …. a corrupt justice system….
A defendant charged with second-degree murder may argue that he was justified in committing the killing because he was acting in self-defense or the defense of others. However, in order for this defense to be successful, the defendant must show that the killing in self-defense or defense of others was proportional to the threat of harm that he faced. Babbitt was unarmed and posed no threat to the officer: This was second degree murder, plain and simple. He got away with murder.
@LefttheGOP
The defense would argue the cop who shot Babbitt was justified because she breaking and entering.
And that’s a good defense. There are plenty of cases of homeowners who killed unarmed intruders and not being charged with a crime .
My neighbor simultaneously clamored for the conviction of Derek Chauvin, and lamented that Capitol Police did not kill every single person who entered the Capitol building on Jan 6th.
She hates Trump with a passion, but cannot cite a single MAGA policy that had a negative impact on her.
She CHEERED Biden’s presser, but only because “He didn’t bash the press like Trump always did”
Since she’s BEYOND any reasonable discussion on this topic, I simply told her that she’s right: Biden might be a crook, but he’s a NICE one, and that’s all that really matters, right?
You need to tell your neighbor that she’s an idiot, that you’ve had your last word with her on anything, and that if she get in trouble or needs help in any way, she can call one of her left-wing friends for it because she is dead to you.
Agree. I would minimize contact with this crazy person, she has no “ears to hear or eyes to see”.
Top Lawyer Files FOIA Request To Name Babbitt’s Killer As DoJ Hides Identity, Arrests Reporter Who Recorded Shooting
https://nationalfile.com/top-lawyer-files-foia-request-to-name-babbitts-killer-as-doj-hides-identity-arrests-reporter-who-recorded-shooting/
I don’t understand the families lax approach to this murder. If it was someone in my family you better believe i would hog the microphone & clammer fir the very best lawyer money could by & definitely seek high powered atty to take the case pro bono due to high exposure. Set up go fund me, camp out in my Gov & Senators office!
It was a staged hoax.
Anyone keeping a record of how many times justice has been unjustly served by the law in DC? I’ve lost count.
Not only did the DOJ not prosecute the Capitol Hill police officer who murdered Ashli Babbitt, but they still refuse to name him.
That’s because the person who murdered Ashli was not a Capitol Cop. It was a member of Congress and they’re covering it up.
That’s interesting. I keep reading bits about the shooter was black. Who in Congress do you think it is?
They only get away with this stuff because the R party is so corrupt and part of the liberal uniparty. Expect nothing to change until we form a new, conservative party that will provide the voters a real and clear alternative to the BS they see in all existing parties.
Another one of trumps many mistakes is continuing to think he is going to take over the R party and that he can work with liberal snakes like rubio and scott.
When did our DOJ get so full of political hacks? We don’t even have a legitimate Justice system at the Federal level, even though our Constitution is very clear about the limits on law enforcement.
Why are Bureaucrats unanimously aligned with the radical leftists? Some stuff just makes no sense to reality based people.
Why does the chief law enforcement agency, the FBI, actively support a fantasy view of who the criminals are? There are virtually no white on black crimes, but you would think we are all snakes in the grass just waiting to strike the first person of color who comes by, and the FBI’s own crime statistics verify this.
Some questions shouldn’t even need to be asked, but we have to ask. FUBAR.
This cannot be allowed to stand. We all need to write our Senators and demand satisfaction!
Justice isn’t always dispensed from a courtroom, or in our time.
#lll% RIP ASHLI
The CIVILIAN who
MURDERED Ashli Babbit was not prosecuted because there was no report filed. It was no cop or active government employee.
Don’t believe the disinformation. If you want to know who did it visit :
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The shooter was positively identified on 1/6/2021 and his name and live shooter photo was recorded on 2 secure servers. DEMOCRACY HAS PERISHED!!