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Justified shooting or fair game? Shooter of Ashli Babbitt makes shocking admission | TheHill

By Thomas A. Smith

“That’s my job.” Those three words summed up a controversial interview this week with the long-unnamed officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6. Shortly after being cleared by the Capitol Police in the shooting, Lt. Michael Byrd went public in an NBC interview, insisting that he “saved countless lives” by shooting the unarmed protester.  

I have long expressed doubt over the Babbitt shooting, which directly contradicted standards on the use of lethal force by law enforcement. But what was breathtaking about Byrd s interview was that he confirmed the worst suspicions about the shooting and raised serious questions over the incident reviews by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and, most recently, the Capitol Police.

via thehill.com

The whole thing is a scandal.

Full disclosure: The people who maintain our pool recently sold their business to (the now late) Ashli Babbit. We switched providers to the business belonging to the son of the people who used to do our pool.