(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Government on behalf of the family of Ashli Babbitt, the U.S. Air Force veteran who was shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol by then-Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd on January 6, 2021 (Estate of Ashli Babbitt and Aaron Babbitt, et al. v. United States of America (No. 3:24-cv-00033)).

The lawsuit includes claims against the U.S. Government for wrongful death, assault and battery, and various negligence issues.

Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt was a 35-year-old resident of San Diego, California, where she owned and operated a successful pool business with her husband Aaron. Ashli traveled alone from San Diego to Washington, DC, to attend the Women for America First (aka Save America) rally on January 6, 2021, at the Ellipse.

As the lawsuit details:

Ashli loved her country and wanted to show her support for President Trump’s America First policies and to see and hear the president speak live while he remained in office. Ashli did not go to Washington as part of a group or for any unlawful or nefarious purpose. She was there to exercise what she believed were her God-given, American liberties and freedoms.

After the rally, Ashli, like a great many other patriotic Americans attending the rally, walked to the Capitol peacefully, a distance of approximately 1.5 miles. Two undercover Metropolitan Police Department officers followed close behind Ashli as she climbed the stairs to the West Terrace. Ashli entered the Capitol on the Senate side long after others had done so. Once inside, Ashli encountered a female Capitol Police officer, who directed her to walk south toward the House side. Ashli complied, walking alone through the Capitol and ultimately arriving at the hallway outside the main door to the House chamber, where demonstrators had gathered. From there, Ashli walked by herself east, along the hallway outside the House chamber, then turned south, reaching the hallway outside the Speaker’s Lobby at the southeast corner of the Capitol.

The shooting occurred at the east entrance to the Speaker’s Lobby. After demonstrators filled the hallway outside the lobby, two individuals in the crowded, tightly packed hallway struck and dislodged the glass panels in the lobby doors and the right door sidelight. Lt. Byrd, who is a USCP commander and was the incident commander for the House on January 6, 2021, shot Ashli on sight as she raised herself up into the opening of the right door sidelight. Lt. Byrd later confessed that he shot Ashli before seeing her hands or assessing her intentions or even identifying her as female. Ashli was unarmed. Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby.

The facts speak truth. Ashli was ambushed when she was shot by Lt. Byrd. Multiple witnesses at the scene yelled, “you just murdered her.”

Lt. Byrd was never charged or otherwise punished or disciplined for Ashli’s homicide.


https://www.judicialwatch.org/wrongf...wsuit-babbitt/


Hope the family recovers every penny of that...

Good luck. She fukked around and found out.

About time. Her murder was thousand times worse than ******** Floyd dying from OD. Yet this black cop was not only not held accountable for cold blooded murder but was promoted while Chauvin is in prison and feds carrying out hit jobs to take him out. Why her murder is not a bigger story than Floyd?

Edit: great.. Word Phentanyl is censored now.

Have you actually watched the videos of her from that day? If she deserved to be murdered, then every last person who entered the Capital deserved to be murdered...

How not to get shot while breaking through a door into a secure space and attacking Capitol Hill Police and Congress members...Don't break through a door into a secure space while attacking Capitol Hill police and Congress members.

What a dumbass lawsuit

She should have complied

The shooter made no commands. What was she to comply to?

How about "don't attack, invade, and beat down doors in the US Capitol"...?

nutsy gave you a detailed guide here:

Have YOU?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjscskqLx0U

Lol @ the cucks ITT. Murder is now justified for protesting at capitol. Wonder why no one was murdered couple months ago when pro Palestine protestors took over same building.

Do you have video of that? There was plenty of cops either helping them inside by removing barriers and letting them walk right in. There is no video of her beating down anything or attacking anyone. If she deserved to die, every person in the Capital deserved to die.

Bro she literally kicked in a window and tried to jump through it while a guy with a gun was trained on the door. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Isn't that how the saying goes?

No, she literally did not. Did you even read my post from the article?

"The shooting occurred at the east entrance to the Speaker’s Lobby. After demonstrators filled the hallway outside the lobby, two individuals in the crowded, tightly packed hallway struck and dislodged the glass panels in the lobby doors and the right door sidelight. Lt. Byrd, who is a USCP commander and was the incident commander for the House on January 6, 2021, shot Ashli on sight as she raised herself up into the opening of the right door sidelight. Lt. Byrd later confessed that he shot Ashli before seeing her hands or assessing her intentions or even identifying her as female. Ashli was unarmed. Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby."

Show me on video where she kicked in a window? Even if she had, does that warrant being shot to death without even given a warning by the shooter?

Didn’t he admit under oath that he could not see her hands, and this couldn’t actually confirm she posed a threat to anyone’s life?

Essentially he wasn’t justified to use lethal force given police policy. They actually might have a case here

Correct

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

As we saw with George Floyd, this isn’t really a thing in court

They already investigated the guy.

He admitted under oath he had no idea if she posed a threat or not, lol. So, like was stated, everyone in the building deserved to be shot and killed according to you, correct?

I didn't say that. Hyperbole doesn't really hold up in court.

Feds investigated themselves.. All is good! Simpletons like this one parroting msm talking points is why America is in the state it is today. Simpleton has no proof Ashley was trying to break the windows but he passed it as a fact because he heard it on CNN.

wont go anywhere.


sad she fell for so many fake hoaxes like her liberal retard counterparts. she thought there was a cia shootout in germany over servers.

Yup you caught me. There must be a reason I'm not going to get shot dead by cops.... can't put my finger on it though.

She was warned and the officer's warnings were corroborated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCuIxBzylyo

10/10 deflection.

Still not sufficient for the use of deadly force.

Fine, put that question to a jury.

But we should be honest about what actually occurred when discussing it.

imo that was a 6 star situation so you can view it either way

Let's change a few details.

-- The protestors were democrats protesting Trump
-- The prostestor was black
-- The cop was white

All other details are the same. Same outcome? You're kidding yourself if you think so.