The U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed a woman who was part of the mob in the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack is planning to identify himself on Thursday.
The officer shot and killed Ashli Babbitt, a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump and part of the rioters who breached the Capitol on that day. He can be seen in video footage of the incident, but his identity has not yet been made public.
The officer, who was cleared this week of any wrongdoing in Babbitt’s death, will appear Thursday night on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
The officer will “share his perspective on the events of that day, including the aftermath of the deadly insurrection and the threats he has received,” NBC said.
Babbitt, a 35-year-old former U.S. Air Force enlistee, was shot inside the Capitol as rioters attempted to break through a window outside the Speaker’s Lobby, which leads to the House chamber. She was wounded in the shoulder and later died at a hospital.
Earlier this week, U.S. Capitol Police announced that it had completed an investigation into the shooting and that the officer acted appropriately and will not face discipline. The Justice Department has already said it won’t pursue charges against the officer.
U.S. Capitol Police officials have said previously that identifying the officer who shot Babbitt could endanger his life.
In a report on Thursday, Newsweek named the officer and showed photographs of him inside the lobby with a gun while trying to keep rioters out.
Newsweek said the officer’s identity was provided by Maryland attorney Terry Roberts, who represents Babbitt’s family.
Typically, police officers who shoot civilians are named publicly. But the January 6 riot and the riots that erupted after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, divided the country along political, class, and racial lines—making officials cautious about revealing the name of a Black police officer who killed a white protester.
– Quote from Newsweek
The Babbitt family is planning a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and U.S. Capitol Police.
“The U.S. Congress wants to protect this man. He’s got friends in high places and they want to protect him,” Roberts told Newsweek. “I don’t think it’s a proud moment for the U.S. Capitol Police or the U.S. Congress.”
The Babbitt family is crowdfunding the lawsuit and has so far raised more than $76,000 of a $500,000 goal.
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The Capitol Police has already purged itself of dissenters. Everyone still employed/living can be presumed to being on board with the “Insurrection” sham, and extending Pelosi’s reach into “field offices” in CA and FL, and anything they say can be presumed to serve The Narrative above The Truth.
Remember, they believe THEIR truths over facts..
To Democrats, Truth, Facts, Reality and History are all irrelevant,
If the Democrats do not WANT to believe them.
Democrats will just make up their own Truth, Facts, Reality or History to fit what they WANT to believe or fits into the Con or Deception that they are running at the time.
The January 6th “incident” was propagated by the FBI. the 1000’s of hours of video evidence would prove that the FBI and FBI informants were the people who made this incident happen. This is why the FBI has recently stated that there was NOT and INSURECTION Go figure. they are just covering their corrupt collective *****.
The thing that doesn’t work for the officer shooting is that he shot only one person and only retreated once he did. The next question is, Is he a misogynist or did he have a fight that morning with his wife or girl friend (oe even the same sex one)?
AND how exactly, can he say he is a PROUD Trump supporter, and STILL BE PARTY TO SHOOTING an unarmed woman, who was NOT BEING A THREAT?!?!?!?!?!?
Trump supporters stand for their beliefs are honorable so very likely he just said that like the left will do to take to heat off themselves and place it on someone elses shoulders.
Read that again. Ashli Babbitt’s the fervent Trump supporter, not the officer who shot her.
Humble apologies. I thought the article was reading “The guy who shot her”, was the trump supporter…
After hearing his interview and his words I believe that he fired by mistake , because the Foolish LT, HAD his FINGER on the trigger and got startled. And STILL will not admit that is what happened, pulled the trigger by mistake . That is why only ONE shot ! No body has ever asked him how many times before did he need to draw his gun in a situation. He should at least resign, but you know Democrats refuse to do that !!
We shouldn’t give him the choice. HE SHOULD BE IN Chains, and perp walked, directly to prison.
Sorry, the video of the shooting shows him with his weapon trained on her. She was a short woman, halfway through a broken window of a clumsily barricaded door. He was in a secured place, far enough away that Babbitt was in no way a threat.
He is the guy who left a loaded weapon, safety off, in a men’s room, and because of his rank, was never reprimanded.
He is a coward. Plain and simple. He did not save a single life from his cowardly action. All he did was take the life of a short woman, a veteran, and his only comment today is he should be celebrated.
What?
He killed a woman. She was not a threat. He does not feel remorse or regret. May Karma run over his coward butt.
Why is it called a mob? It was aprotest with a few pwople doing things they should not have. The assaination of an unarmed Ashli Babbitt, was the real crime, that hit was not necessary nor was it good law enforcement. He should be named and a real investigation completed.
Mostly peaceful. That’s what they called honest-to-gosh deadly riots last year.
AH, but since they were done BY THE DEMS operatives (BLM AND ANTIFA), of course “THOSE” were fully peaceful protests.. No matter how many BILLIONS of dollars in damages were caused. No matter how many hundreds of businesses got destroyed permanently.
BUT HOW DARE WE conservatives, show up in FORCE< to object to the lefts stealing our election, THAT now, is an insurrection.. RHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!
We already know who he is. His name is Lt. Michael Leroy Byrd. He is the same guy who accidentally left his handgun in the bathroom at the capitol building a few years ago…. funny how he wasn’t fired for such gross negligence…
I’d be shocked, if he wasn’t PROMOTED….
Unbelievable to me that this guy got away with murder. Was Babbitt a threat that justified deadly force? Hell no!
I won’t be watching this. It’s part of the Pelosi plan to smear conservatives and stir up more trouble for Trump. They want to play up threats on his life but it’s hard for me to believe those threats are more dangerous than the threat he was to Ashli Babbitt.
I would like to know who’s protecting him. It must be someone pretty high in the leftist hierarchy.
That PIG is getting a chance to tell his untrue story on NBC. Might as well be MSNBC or CNN. What a dirty humorless joke.
So, the disgusting, dishonest, and divisive Democrats believe that an unarmed, peaceful Trump supporter like Ashli Babbitt is a deadly threat and deserves to be fatally shot on sight by a Capitol police officer without any warning. By protecting this killer cop from the legal consequences of his indefensible act, the Democrats have proven that they are willing to condone murder to silence the political opposition.
BUT when literally a MOB OF THOUSANDS of armed, and decked out thugs, are laying SIEGE TO FEDERAL buildings. “HOW DARE the cops even use TEAR GAS to disperse them”…
When do the hundreds of Patriots who did NOT kill any unarmed women get to “share their perspective on the events of that day, including the aftermath of the deadly insurrection” their arrests and the treatment they have received,
If you remove this murder from the stats it wasn’t nearly so deadly as the Left keeps telling us.
The real insurrection is still happening in Washington D.C..
AHH, but we are white supremacist, natural terrorists.. ergo we Don’t GET a point of view…
WE must comply, or else.
HAIL HYDRA!