When the camera pans back at 1:03, you can see a large crowd behind them of indeterminate size, but pretty likely fifty or more.
Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol (msn.com)
Also, the doors are literally barricaded with chairs and they are smashing through that. The level of violence was intense.
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Is that the Sullivan footage?
I have no idea and it doesn’t matter.
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Police are over-equipped and under-funded.
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It was worth 70K to Sullivan.
I would say it mattered.
He is no fan of institutional politics — “I’ve never voted,” he admits, “because I don’t believe in the two-party system” — but he found purpose in the street protests that followed the killing of George Floyd, even founding an activist group called Insurgence USA that fights for racial justice. Sullivan’s activism has brought him legal trouble: He faces riot and criminal mischief charges stemming from a BLM protest in Provo, Utah, last June. He says he’s also become a target of far-right militants he calls “chuds.”
So we have Sullivan saying she didn’t deserve to die…he was right there…filming.
And we also have Sullivan calling people like Ashli…CHUDS??
It’s a little suspicious to me.
What do I care what he said? You said there might be less than a dozen people and I showed there were far more than that. Put yourself on the inside of those doors and watch it. Like I said, the violence was intense and she was climbing through the door. It’s the totality of the situation, not whether or not she “deserved” to die. What a crock.
Again, put yourself on the other side of that doorway and watch it.
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I agree. Sullivan is a witness añd founded a group called Insurgence USA. Mull that over for a while.
Again, I don’t care what he said. I can see with my own eyes how violent a situation it was.
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Gritz said another reason why the shot was a tragic mistake is that at the same time Babbitt and her group were trying to enter the lobby, a element of Capitol Hill police officers in black tactical gear and long rifles were coming up the stairs directly behind Babbitt.
https://pathofex.com/exclusive-retired-senior-fbi-agent-robyn-gritz-shot-that-killed-ashli-babbitt-not-justified/
Just one of a few considerable issues.
This expert says she wasn’t a threat and it was a bad shoot.
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Wait…what???
Biden did the same stunt as the horned costume character.
That is pretty funny. Every trespasser need to run this video in their defense.
Even the great horny toad head.
The last time I was at the Capitol I was amazed at how many public folks there were. And although there were a bunch of Capitol Police standing around, there were a lot of them working critical points.
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“Permission” to sing the national anthem.
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I wonder if they had to pay money for that permission slip?
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Then the Cap PD lied about the permission which McCarthy gave them.
He should be more than disappointed.
Transfer them to Hakeem Jeffries detail.
did you read the article?
Some Republicans accused Capitol Police of taking action against the kids due to political bias, but the Capitol Police said that is untrue and accused the congressional staffer of lying “to the officers multiple times about having permission from various offices” in one emailed statement to the Daily Signal.
“Recently somebody posted a video of a children’s choir singing the Star-Spangled Banner in the U.S. Capitol Building and wrongfully claimed we stopped the performance because it ‘might offend someone,’” the Capitol Police said. “Here is the truth. Demonstrations and musical performances are not allowed in the U.S. Capitol.”
"Of course, because the singers in this situation were children, our officers were reasonable and allowed the children to finish their beautiful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner," the statement added.
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You blew right past this…
Choir director David Rasbach and another choir leader said the visit was approved by the office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., which the speaker’s office confirmed.
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A. He can unlaterally give permission and then not notify the CP?
B. I don’t believe him
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Nobody cares what you believe.
Speaker has the final say.
Cap PD acted like petulant political morons.
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Ridiculous. Nothing in writing and CP not informed?
