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wnylib

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52. Plus, several of the insurrectionists were armed.
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 10:06 PM
Jan 2023

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.

In Other Words, Feel Free To Do It Again. No Harm, No Foul. nt SoCalDavidS Jan 2023 #1
Why not? Marthe48 Jan 2023 #2
If you're going to accept BLM and Occupy Wall Street protestors blocking streets... brooklynite Feb 2023 #62
BOOOOO! Bad AG. PlutosHeart Jan 2023 #3
Tyre Nichols was beaten to death for a lot less. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #4
The ideal is not to find equality in pain. Gore1FL Jan 2023 #5
That was not my point at all. Of course there should not be pain. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #7
Where did you see that the mother assaulted officers? MichMan Jan 2023 #8
She walked right into a cop trying to keep her from going into the street. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #9
You think she should have been charged with assaulting a police officer for that ? MichMan Jan 2023 #10
Yes. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #11
So do you believe this should be standard enforcement at all protests? ripcord Jan 2023 #19
Yes, when you get physical and walk into cops like she did. nt SunSeeker Jan 2023 #41
I saw thousands of protesters blocking a bridge in Memphis while protesting Tyre's death MichMan Jan 2023 #37
Did they walk into cops like Right Wing Mama did? SunSeeker Jan 2023 #40
Did you watch the video? ShazzieB Jan 2023 #15
That guy in the Meidas Touch video did a great impression of MTG! ShazzieB Jan 2023 #14
OMG he had MTG down pat (complete with air quotes)! BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #16
Her daughter is dead bottomofthehill Jan 2023 #6
She should be protesting at Mar-A-Lago. Trump is the person who killed her daughter. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #13
You're right, of course.. but these Cha Jan 2023 #23
Agreed. It also would've been a PR nightmare. NH Ethylene Jan 2023 #18
Thousands in DC are Citation Released bottomofthehill Jan 2023 #21
+1 femmedem Jan 2023 #35
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
"Protester".. oh god! She was a Cha Jan 2023 #25
Thank-you JohnSJ Jan 2023 #26
Post removed Post removed Jan 2023 #36
A 35 year old woman who was Cha Jan 2023 #38
Should have killed every single one of them MichMan Jan 2023 #39
I disagree Kennah Jan 2023 #47
Plus, several of the insurrectionists were armed. wnylib Jan 2023 #52
It's like Corrections folks in prisons. The prisoners outnumber them, so brute force don't work. Kennah Feb 2023 #56
mistake republianmushroom Jan 2023 #20
Standard operating procedure. onenote Jan 2023 #49
Yep republianmushroom Jan 2023 #50
It's a minor offense iemanja Jan 2023 #22
I agree. And to think that some folks here want her to do SlimJimmy Jan 2023 #24
She wasn't jaywalking; she walked into a cop (assault) who was ordering her to stop. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #43
OMG she "walked into" the cop SlimJimmy Jan 2023 #44
What do you think would happen to a BLM protester who intentionally chest bumped a cop? SunSeeker Jan 2023 #45
They dropped the charges. SlimJimmy Jan 2023 #51
It's another example of two different justice systems. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #54
Or they realized the charges were excessive and decided SlimJimmy Feb 2023 #55
That "realization" seems to happen a lot when the person charged is white. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #59
Whatever SlimJimmy Feb 2023 #61
I don't "make it racial when it's not." nt SunSeeker Feb 2023 #64
It's not (nt) SlimJimmy Feb 2023 #65
That's your opinion and I disagree with it. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #66
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
Okay iemanja Jan 2023 #32
I was just explaining that it wasn't the mother's protest that bothered me JohnSJ Jan 2023 #33
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
She was not "non-violent." She assaulted a cop and resisted arrest. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #53
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
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