Cockcajun wrote:
Unarmed. Shoot someone entering in your home and they are unarmed. You go to jail
Combatant was "armed" by the violent mob who in just that instant insisted they were arriving with reinforcement numbers and "they would be making a path through those officers!" They expressed the clear desire the officers remove themselves so as to not be hurt.*
Then, gun drawn, (announced by at least three shouting voices) an officer assumed a shooter's stance for 10-15 seconds. Check the time markings in video below from first shouted warning to point of gunshot.
(The k**l shot can be seen in widely available videos not linked here.To hear the warning, before hearing the taking of the shot, you won't have to see, only hear, the actual k**l shot taken, in this link.)
An illegally trespassing, property destroying, violently threatening (against the specific officers present) protester then was seen to begin to encroach through a broken window glass. It's on video widely available on line. Choose your own link.
The reason the officers had been
so restrained in their responses up to that point, seemed welcoming/passive/accommodating, even, was suggested to me yesterday and seems valid. They were overwhelmed by the numbers and should k*****g begin,
knew they would end up dead, leaving Congressional staff unprotected. With the discovery of pipe bombs throughout the city, unclear how/when they were to be detonated, by what signal and means,
a good guess would be they would be remotely detonated if/when widespread shooting started!https://wjla.com/news/local/graphic-fatal-shooting-of-ashli-babbitt-in-the-capitol-caught-on-video*Other widely available video depictions reveal more clearly the detail of the verbal threats of violence to officers.("make a path,... don't want you hurt...)