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US Capitol Attack a Reminder of the Perils of Using Violence in the Name of Fighting Injustice
The percentage of US adults who say violence is a justifiable means to advance political change has surged in recent years, among both Democrats and Republicans. This should be troubling to all Americans.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Ashli Elizabeth Babbitt served in four tours of duty during her 14-year US Air Force enlistment. A high-level security official, she survived some of the deadliest war zones in the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Her life came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, not in a foreign country but in the US Capitol, where she was shot and killed by a plainclothes Capitol police officer after she and other rioters sought to breach a barricade in the building.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Woman fatally shot in US Capitol was a San Diego resident and Air Force veteran, family says [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-CONGRESS-ELECTION-SHOOTINGVICTIM:SD]
SAN DIEGO The woman shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol Building during a violent pro-Trump siege Wednesday was a resident of San Diego’s Ocean Beach, according to her extended family and media reports.
Her husband confirmed to KUSI-TV that the woman, whose shooting was captured on video, was 35-year-old Ashli Elizabeth Babbitt, and said she was an Air Force veteran.
A family member who said they saw videos of the shooting the bystander footage has flooded the internet and are convinced that the woman was Babbitt.