Still the Gold Standard in examining the death of Ashli Babbitt through the lens of what happened on January 6.

Look elsewhere for the story of how Ashli Babbitt succumbed to online radicalization in the day, months and even years before January 6, 2021.

"Evaluating the Police Shooting of Ashli Babbitt"
Geoffrey Alpert, Jeff Noble and Seth Stoughton for "Lawfare"; September 9, 2021.
https://www.lawfareblog.com...ooting-ashli-babbitt

Read-o-Meter: 20 minutes.

The last two paragraphs:

quote In this post, we attempted to bring a balanced perspective to the shooting, applying the now-familiar constitutional standard that regulates the use of deadly force. The limited public information that exists raises serious questions about the propriety of Byrd’s decision to shoot, especially with regard to the assessment that Babbitt was an imminent threat. To belabor the obvious, though, we cannot definitively analyze a situation without the relevant facts, and there is a frustrating shortage of facts. But there are enough facts to conclude that even if Byrd violated Babbitt’s Fourth Amendment rights, it is highly unlikely that he could be ethically charged with, let alone convicted of, a crime. Those conclusions, tentative as they are, assume that courts will apply the legal rules that usually apply to police shootings. Given the unique context present here, though, we would not be surprised if that turned out not to be the case.

I think of the tragedy in terms of the "rinselberg" standard: If I were in the place of Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, would I have fired a potentially lethal round at Ashli Babbit under those circumstances?

Here's a clue:

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"An unedited surveillance video from January 6 shows Capitol Police officers not only letting protesters walk unimpeded into the Capitol building, but one officer actually invites them in by waving them along."

"More footage from the Capitol riots throws further doubt on the mainstream media’s narrative that the unarmed protesters entering the Capitol building on January 6th constituted a violent “insurrection.”

A newly-obtained video shows United States Capitol Police officers speaking with several January 6 protestors — including Jacob Chansley, the so-called ‘Q shaman’—inside the Capitol that afternoon,”

“One officer, identified in the video and confirmed by charging documents as Officer Keith Robishaw, appears to tell Chansely’s group they won’t stop them from entering the building,”



“This has to be peaceful,” Chansley yelled at the crowd. “We have the right to peacefully assemble.”

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The video directly contradicts what government prosecutors allege in a complaint filed January 8 against Chansley,”


https://beckernews.com/w atc...fiVKX0JV3Im6uNBx0Dqc

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"The truth always eventually comes out and it is NEVER what the Leftist media originally told you."..........randye

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