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and um i moved on. reporter: multiple investigations have now upheld byrd s actions on january 6th. capitol police in their press release after exonerating you said your actions potentially saved members and staff from serious injury and possible death. what was it like to hear those words? to see those words? those words meant a lot because that s exactly what i did. on that day. that s nbc s lester holt reporting. they say that elections have consequences. well, apparently, lying about elections in court does, too. that is next.
i acknowledged it. i owned up to it. i accepted the responsibility. i was penalized for it. and um i moved on. reporter: multiple investigations have now upheld byrd s actions on january 6th. capitol police in their press release after exonerating you said your actions potentially saved members and staff from serious injury and possible death. what was it like to hear those words? to see those words? those words meant a lot because that s exactly what i did. on that day. that s nbc s lester holt reporting. they say that elections have consequences. well, apparently, lying about elections in court does, too. that is next. reliable network by rootmetrics. and our customers rated us #1 for network quality in america according to j.d. power. number one in reliability, 16 times in a row.
he was. i didn t know what color he was. and and just you can see the extraordinary integrity in him. lieutenant byrd told nbc s lester holt about the moment he decided to use deadly force. we see your arm out there for a considerable amount of time. were you you wavering? i was taking a tactical stance. you re ultimately hoping that your commands will be complied with. and unfortunately, they were not. reporter: when you fired, what what could you see? where were you aiming? you are taught to aim for center mass. the subject was sideways, and i could not see her full motion of her hands or anything. um, so i guess her movement, you know, caused the discharge to to fall where it did. and what did you think this individual was doing at that at that moment? she was posing a threat to
i booked our hotel on kayak. it s flexible if we need to cancel. cancel. i haven t left the house in a year. nothing will stop me from vacation. no canceling. flexible cancellation. kayak. search one and done. this week, the officer who shot and killed ashli babbitt in the january 6th riots identified himself. lieutenant michael byrd is a 28-year veteran of the u.s. capitol police. he spoke publicly about the incident for the first time in an nbc news exclusive. congresswoman madeleine dean was among the lawmakers lieutenant byrd was defending that day. she reacted to the news with msnbc s joy reid. this is a man who has some sense of duty that is absolutely within his core. i like you, i didn t know who he was. i didn t know what color he was. and and just you can see the extraordinary integrity in him. lieutenant byrd told nbc s