Canon said:Osodecentx said:Congress was fulfilling a Constitutional duty. The insurrection tried to stop it by violent means.Sam Lowry said:I don't think the politicians are more important, but the Capitol police have taken on a duty to protect them. The risk to their own lives isn't their only immediate concern like it is for an LEO defending an empty courthouse. That's part of what this officer had to consider when he saw the likelihood of that door being breached and all those men getting through.RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Agree with your first two sentences. Blue star. But I do not agree that elected officials lives are more important than the lives of those in law enforcement. All lives matter.Sam Lowry said:I wouldn't have shed any tears over it. IMO they've been very lenient with both sides. The Capitol riot was probably a little more urgent situation since civilian legislators were at risk.RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Seems to me some federal buildings and law enforcement buildings were "breached" in the past year. Why were none of those unarmed protesters gunned down?Sam Lowry said:They were not able to enter without the doorway being breached. That's what the officer prevented.RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:So this unarmed woman of small stature was more of a threat than the couple of dozen much larger men that were trying to enter? Try again.Sam Lowry said:It's not okay to fire indiscriminately, but if a person presents an immediate threat, sure.RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:So it is okay to open fire on unarmed, dangerous mobs? Ummm....okay. Is that your final answer?Sam Lowry said:It doesn't matter that she was unarmed. She was breaching an area that was the last line of defense between the legislature and a dangerous mob. The officer acted properly.RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Dude. Ashley Babbitt had no weapon. She was unarmed. What happened at the Capitol was a far cry from "Domestic Terrorism". Her crime apparently was trying to crawl through a broken window. To take a play from the Democrats, it was a " mostly peaceful" protest. There has been no insurrection in the United States since the Civil War. Not yet anyway.cms186 said:Neither deserved to die, but George Floyd was engaged in passing a fake $20 bill and killed whilst in custody whilst posing no threat, Ashli Babbitt was engaged in Domestic Terrorism and was killed in an act of Self DefenceRD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Just wondering why there were no protests and riots when the unarmed white woman was shot to death by the black policemen? Although Babbitt appeared to not be a nice person, doesn't her life matter? George Floyd was a career criminal and yet the country almost burned down when he was murdered.Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
One is a federal officer and one works for a local police department. Different local departments handle the release of info differently.. No reason to hhhhmmmmm unless you just like to hhhmmmmm.
Just questioning the disparity in the treatment and reactions of the deaths of two people where neither deserved to die.
Once again, I am not justifying her conduct. Just pointing out another huge double-standard in our U.S. justice system.
How could anyone know the woman was unarmed?
1. It was not an insurrection. Repeating that absurd claim that it was will not ever make it so.
2. No one was armed. No shots had been fired all day and no one brandished any firearms. Using their eyes would have been sufficient to know she was unarmed.