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In reply to the discussion: DC AG declines to charge mother of Ashli Babbitt, Jan. 6 protester killed by police [View all]wnylib
(21,146 posts)52. Plus, several of the insurrectionists were armed.
And they had stashes of weapons to grab and bring back to the Capitol building. They also outnumbered the officers. The insurrectionists WANTED a shooting battle. Then Trump would have imposed martial law and taken over as dictator.
It is good that there was no more shooting than Babbitt's. I fully agree that the officer wss justified in shooting her. But additional shooting would have turned the insurrection into a full blown bloodbath of the officers on hand by the armed insurrectionists. Remember, they also had explosives stashed away for use. They anticipated a shootout and came prepared for it.
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DC AG declines to charge mother of Ashli Babbitt, Jan. 6 protester killed by police [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jan 2023
OP
If you're going to accept BLM and Occupy Wall Street protestors blocking streets...
brooklynite
Feb 2023
#62
You think she should have been charged with assaulting a police officer for that ?
MichMan
Jan 2023
#10
I saw thousands of protesters blocking a bridge in Memphis while protesting Tyre's death
MichMan
Jan 2023
#37
She should be protesting at Mar-A-Lago. Trump is the person who killed her daughter.
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#13
True, but her daughter is dead because she took part in an insurrection to overthrow the government
JohnSJ
Jan 2023
#27
Yes she did, but a mother has the right to grieve the loss of her daughter
bottomofthehill
Jan 2023
#30
Grieving is one thing, but what she was doing was a political protest that got out of hand.
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#42
You'll have to do better than that if you also want to be a martyr, Micki.
LudwigPastorius
Jan 2023
#12
The misleading article says Ashli Babbitt "protestor" was "killed by police", on January 6th, with
JohnSJ
Jan 2023
#17
It's like Corrections folks in prisons. The prisoners outnumber them, so brute force don't work.
Kennah
Feb 2023
#56
She wasn't jaywalking; she walked into a cop (assault) who was ordering her to stop.
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#43
What do you think would happen to a BLM protester who intentionally chest bumped a cop?
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#45
Yes, it was a minor offense from the mother, but what her daughter did was NOT a minor offense
JohnSJ
Jan 2023
#28
A mother doesn't haave charges brought against her because their daughter did something
iemanja
Jan 2023
#29
Of course not, but the USA Today article brought what the daughter did, and formed the daughter's
JohnSJ
Jan 2023
#31
Smart decision. Prevents her from politicizing it and making her a martyr for the right.
Martin68
Jan 2023
#34
Basing charging decisions on politics rather than facts is a loss for the rule of law.
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#46
I wouldn't characterize the decision that way. She was peacefully protesting. She hurt no one.
Martin68
Jan 2023
#48
The fact that you keep comparing her to a BLM protestor says it all. We are better than that.
Martin68
Feb 2023
#57
WTF. I am not comparing her to a BLM protester. She is nothing like a BLM protester.
SunSeeker
Feb 2023
#58
Read your own posts. You constantly bring up BLM Protestors and ask how they would be treated.
Martin68
Feb 2023
#60
I'm comparing the JUSTICE SYSTEM's response to BLM vs. white insurrectionists.
SunSeeker
Feb 2023
#63