Conservatives post the name of Ashli Babbitt's alleged shooter on social media after Trump invokes Capitol rioter
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Via: tessylo • 5 years ago • 89 commentsBy: Kieran Press-Reynolds, Insider
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Conservatives post the name of Ashli Babbitt's alleged shooter on social media after Trump invokes Capitol rioter
Conservatives are demanding to know the identity of the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol Riot in January. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
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Ashli Babbitt died after she was shot during the Capitol riot on January 6.
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Conservatives and far-right activists are posting the identity of the cop they say killed Babbitt.
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The renewed online attention comes after Trump invoked Babbitt's name in an email to supporters.
Six months after the riot at the US Capitol, conservatives - encouraged by former President Donald Trump - are spamming social media with the alleged name of the police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt.
On Wednesday, multiple top posts on a fringe far-right message board called for "justice" for Babbitt and shared the alleged name of her shooter. One post, which was one of the site's most popular threads of the last 24 hours with more than 3,000 likes, called for the arrest of the officer.
One Twitter user shared the alleged name of Babbitt's shooter on Wednesday and questioned why he hasn't been "tried or arrested" yet, reaching 8,200 likes and nearly 3,000 retweets. It was not immediately clear whether this violated Twitter's Terms of Service. A Twitter representative did not immediately return a request for comment.
British talk show host Piers Morgan wrote an article for the DailyMail published Wednesday in which he claimed to know the identity of the shooter - though he did not reveal it - and said the name must be released to the public for the sake of "transparency," no matter whether you believe Babbitt was a "traitor or a patriot."
Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran with a history of sharing far-right conspiracy theories like QAnon online, was one of five people who died as a result of the riot in Washington. During the riot, an officer shot Babbitt in the left shoulder as she attempted to surge through a broken window and pass into the Capitol building, according to The New York Times.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to bring criminal charges against the officer after it found in an investigation that he did not violate Babbitt's rights. Insider is not sharing the name of the alleged officer, as it has not been verified.
"The investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot at Ms. Babbitt, the officer did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber," the DOJ wrote in a statement .
Still, Babbitt has become a major symbol for the right, with Republicans including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia calling for "justice" for Babbitt's death in a speech on the House floor in May and Fox News host Tucker Carlson demanding to know who killed Babbitt in a June segment. As Talia Lavin reported for New York Magazine, Babbitt is now the "most visible" hero of the pro-Trump Capitol insurrectionists.
The renewed online attention comes after Trump invoked Babbitt's name in a four-word email to his supporters last Thursday: "Who killed Ashli Babbitt?" In a press conference on Wednesday, the former president again referenced Babbitt, falsely claiming that there "were no guns in the Capitol except the gun that shot Ashli Babbitt."
On Tuesday, the six-month anniversary of the Capitol riot, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona followed Trump by issuing a letter "in remembrance" of Babbitt.
In response to the renewed interest in Babbitt's death, many Twitter users criticized conservatives for treating the rioter like a martyr.
"Conservatives arguing that Ashli Babbitt was unjustly shot & demanding the name of the officer who killed her confirms that they believe the role of police is to murder Black people," the grassroots activist @BreeNewsome wrote on Twitter.
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Death threats and intimidation are a usual part of fascists' [arsenal..deleted]
Are you referring to comment 1.1.1 Bob?
No.
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Hopefully, you don't condone that comment.
Should all these alleged rioters be considered innocent until proven guilty?
And be accorded due process of our laws?
Saint Ashli of Babbitt - Martyred Saint of the Traitors!
Whoever it was that shot her need to be given a medal.
For those who are arguing semantics: If I am carrying a golf club (3 wood) I threaten you and approach you while swinging the my golf club at you, am I unarmed? Or do I NEED to have a firearm in my possession to be "armed?"
that's what I love most about our state. psycho-fucks that cross a home or car threshold without permission can legally receive a gunpowder lobotomy.
She had neither
Goddamn hero right there, too bad more of the insurrectionists didn’t get what she did, exactly what they deserved.
You and several others in this thread have espoused the same thing. I must, wholeheartedly disagree. Just like George Floyd, none of the insurrectionists committed crimes that had capital punishment as an option. The deaths that occurred should not have.
That being said the officer was investigated and determined that he committed no crime or violated any policy, and that I FULLY AGREE WITH. The death was unfortunate, and I am sure the officer would like to take it back if he were able, but the blame lies squarely on Babbitt's shoulders.
I also find it humorous that many of the people that are against the officer, and wanting charges to be brought, are also the same people that stand up for their own rights to shoot intruders in their homes. A little hypocritical there....
They carried out an insurrection, IMO that is absolutely deserving of capitol punishment. We will just have to agree to disagree.
I fully agree with that. Have a good day Thrawn31.
That means they have broken in and are an immediate threat.
The door in that hallway was not breached
As usual, you have no evidence.
So you are claiming that if someone showing clear intent to do harm is breaking into your house, you would not do anything until they are fully inside AND are an immediate threat?
AND let's not forget that she was already IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING....
LOL!!!!!!
The capital building is a public space and is not anyone's home.
Of the nearly six hundred insurgents charged with criminal misconduct at Trump's January 6th Stop The Steal Rally and Attempted Coup exactly zero zip nada none of them were BLM or ANTIFA. NOT EVEN ONE!
Oh come now, many have admitted to being there....just check out the social media and YouTube
Why hide the name of the cop? Cops shoot people all the time and their names are published without the slightest concern for repercussions. I see no reason to treat this cop any differently. Everyone else who participated in that event is having their name published. Why hide this one person?
In no other case, would such a claim of an investigation with zero transparency be accepted by the public. But here, it’s supposed to be satisfactory? Ridiculous.