Babbitt, 35, was an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by Capitol police while protesting Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
    • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
      31·
      20 days ago

      Wild overreaction.

      The cop’s reaction was completely appropriate. She was trying to break through a barricade designed to protect law enforcement in a hallway, who were standing between the rioters and lawmakers.

    • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
      1·
      20 days ago

      In 2016, a number of congressmen broke the rules to try to contest the election. It’s a matter of public record.

      Should they be shot?

      • finitebanjo@piefed.worldEnglish
        11·
        19 days ago

        Those congressmen didn’t resort to violence, but at the very least they should be disqualified as lawmakers due to the insurrection clause.