U.S. Capitol Police to Be Sued for $10 Million for Killing Unarmed Rioter
By David Martosko, Zenger News
On 4/29/21 at 10:03 AM EDT
The family of Ashli Babbitt the only person shot during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol plans to sue the U.S. Capitol Police department, and the officer who shot her, for at least $10 million, their attorney said.
The civil suit will follow a decision by federal prosecutors not to seek criminal charges against a plainclothes police lieutenant whose single shot killed Babbitt, who was unarmed.
Babbitt, a decorated U.S. Air Force Gulf War veteran, was struck in the shoulder while attempting to illegally enter the Speaker s Lobby, an area near to the House floor, through a smashed window beside a barricaded door. It is unclear whether she heard shouted warnings over the crowd around her before she climbed within view of the lieutenant, who drew his gun and fired. Smartphone video shows Babbitt being struck in the shoulder and falling back onto
A rookie police officer would not have shot this woman, Mr Roberts said. If she committed any crime by going through the window and into the Speaker s Lobby, it would have been trespassing. Some misdemeanor crime. All a rookie cop would have done is arrest her.
He claimed the officers - who were facing down a crowd of thousands of Trump supporters trying to breach the building - could have simply arrested her. And he has plenty of other officers there to assist with arrest, the lawyer said. You had officers on Ashli s side of the door in riot gear and holding submachine guns. And on the other side of the door you have another uniformed officer 6 or 8 feet away. Whose life is he saving by shooting her? . She s not brandishing a weapon. She s on the window ledge. And there s no reason to think she s armed.
Lawyer for Ashli Babbitt’s Family Says Lawsuit Will Be Filed Soon Against US Capitol Police
A lawyer for Ashli Babbitt’s family said that they will file a lawsuit against the U.S. Capitol Police after a Capitol Police officer shot and killed her during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
No charges were filed against the officer, who has not yet been identified, who shot Babbitt. Babbitt, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was unarmed when she tried to climb through one of the Capitol doors before the officer shot her.
“The family and I were disappointed in the Department of Justice’s decision on this, but my role is really to bring a civil action and in that way, vindicate her rights,” Terry Roberts told Newsmax on Monday.
As reported earlier The Biden Justice Department announced Wednesday it has closed the investigation into the homicide death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt that took place inside the Capitol during the January 6 riot. This was while Congress was meeting in joint session to certify the November presidential election in favor of Joe Biden.
Babbitt, who was
unarmed, was shot and killed
without apparent warning by a plainclothes Capitol Police officer as she climbed through a broken window in a door at the Speaker’s Lobby. The name of the officer was not released.
he DOJ stated that shooting her dead without warning was appropriate. Evidently, this is the new standard for murder in our country.
Reported By Tayler Hansen | Published April 14, 2021 Read more at https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/ashli-babbitts-legal-team-releases-statement-doj-abruptly-closes-investigation-murder-inside-us-capitol/ As reported earlier The Biden Justice Department announced Wednesday it has closed the investigation into the homicide death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt that took place inside the Capitol during the January 6 riot. This was while Congress was meeting in joint session to certify the…