The officer who opened fire on the pro-Trump protestor, Ashley Babbitt, during the January 6th Capitol Hill riot has now come forward to reveal his true identity.
Lt. Michael Byrd gave an interview to NBC News on Thursday night in which he revealed that he was the officer who fatally shot Ashley Babbitt and went on to defend his actions, claiming that his actions saved ‘countless lives.’
As People reports:
The police lieutenant who fatally shot a rioter during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol spoke out for the first time during a televised interview with NBC News, several days after he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Michael Byrd fatally shot Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from California who embraced QAnon conspiracy theories and then-President Donald Trump‘s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
“I followed my training. I spent countless years preparing for such a moment. You ultimately hope that moment never occurs, but you prepare the best you can. I know that day I saved countless lives,” said Byrd, a 28-year veteran of the Capitol Police, during Thursday night’s broadcast of NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
NOW: Join us on @NBCNightlyNews for @LesterHoltNBC's exclusive interview with Lieutenant Michael Byrd — the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt while defending the U.S. House chamber during the Capitol attack. pic.twitter.com/mgub2ZcYdQ
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) August 26, 2021
“I know members of Congress, as well as my fellow officers and staff, were in jeopardy and in serious danger. And that’s my job,” Byrd said.
Was Byrd merely doing his job? Or is he merely a cold-blooded murderer making excuses for his crimes? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
I hope this capital cop commits suicide he murdered a American Veteran
He’d hafta have a Conscience for That to happen, and he OBVIOUSLY doesn’t. It’s a trait Common to ALL Democrats/Leftists. DEMON SEED, All.
He’s just another hood rat with a badge
Thank you for your service. You did your job and protected the capital.
Hey dave what do you live in washington with the rest of the creeps
Whose investment did he save and how much was it?
Yep,
He shot an UNARMED woman and THAT takes courage.
Yes nothing but a yellow stripe down that COWARDS back !!!!!
Exactly. Shot her in front of at least six heavily armed police officers. She was no threat and this murderer is just a coward.
ANOTHER PINK A%&HOLE, YOU MUST LIVE IN THE SWAMP WITH THE REST OF THE LYING HYPOCRITICAL JERK OFFS!!! THIS WOMAN, AN AMERICAN VETERAN, WAS A SMALL IN STATURE UNARMED WOMAN!!! THIS black IDIOT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED HE NEEDS TO BE IN PRISON FOR MURDER, LIKE THE COP THAT WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF KILLING THE floyd CRIMINAL!!! HYPOCRITICAL SWAMP NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM EARTH!!! SINCE bid en is “working with the taliban” maybe their first target will be the swamp!!! One can only hope!!!
Maybe this needs more investigating, but I don’t think our liberal Washington officials will expend much effort to discover damaging evidence against this officer. As far as her veteran status is concerned, unless she was holding a sign that said “I’m a veteran”, or wearing a hat/shirt/skirt/pants emblazoned with that phrase, the officer wouldn’t know her military background. Even if he was aware of her military service, the issue is a non sequitur: A deadly threat was detected by this officer, and he felt it necessary to eliminate that threat. Let’s hope the shooting board will determine if this action was justified.
I think it OBVIOUS that it was MUCH more a case of Panic than of fear of “a deadly threat detected”. And if the man had THAT kind of an itchy trigger finger, WHY THE HELL WAS HE THERE?! Granted, almost NO way of Testing that, but if it WAS just an unknown trait of his that surfaced “in the heat of combat”, does That excuse him for WHAT HE DID? It most CERTAINLY does NOT.
We had Riots all summer over the use of unreasonable force by Police! I guess when it’s done in the Service of the Ruling Socialist Party, it’s acceptable!
👍 WHO would have EVER thought this country was going to deteriorate to THIS point?! Cause for sleepless nights.
The Democrats went off the Deep End with their immorality. Nothin’ but LOST Souls.
It doesn’t matter, she was NOT ARMED, she had both hands in front of her, we see that, this coward was and is WRONG, he deserves PRISON!!! DEADLY THREAT MY ASS. SHE BARELY WEIGHED 100lbs!!! Dave I usually read what you write, and agree, BUT YOU ARE SO WRONG HERE, DON’T JOIN THE SWAMP UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE, KINDA SEEMS THAT WAY!!!
That is B💩💩, OFFICER BIRD KNEW BETTER AS A POLICE OFFICER HE WAS NOT IN EMINENT DANGER HE DID NOT SAVE ANYBODY THAT DAY. THEY TRYED TO COVER IT UP LIKE THEY DO IN GOVERNMENT SO MANY TIMES. IF THIS IS INVESTIGATED BY A DEMORAT COMMITTEE, BIRD WILL GET A METAL. WHAT ABOUT THE 300 MAGAZINE SUPPORTERS THEY STILL HAVE IN FEDERAL JAIL WITH LOCK DOWN 23 hrs AD ,1 hr. Let out of their cells. They will not a lawyer talk to them. ALL THE ANTIFA RIOTERS LET OUT THE NEXT DAY JUST LIKE WHEN BLM,AND ANTIFA BURNED, RIOTED AND KILLED PEOPLE IN RIOTING THEY DID LAST YEAR AND ONE HALF.
Fuc k you Dave
Dave. You are an idiot
It’s Capitol, Dave. And you’re as full of shit as this killer cop Michael Byrd.
Exactly how did he save countless lives???
He murdered a unarmed female Veteran, panicked and should be held accountable!!!!
He didn’t. He only murdered Ashli.
F U ASSHOLE!!!
I think you’re taking Steve Johnson WRONG, Michael. He was only replying to Robert, saying “he didn’t save any lives, he only murdered Ashlii”.
No one was armed!!
Just the pig capital “cops “
first thing first. kill GEORGE SOROS AND THE KILLARY CLAN. Americans might get back to normal society once these three terrorists are shot and fed to the vultures.
Wrong!
A cold-blooded murderer, in my opinion.
He fatally shot an unarmed women through a window. Enough said!
A BLACK POLICE OFFICER KILLING A DEFENSELESS VICTIM, NO WEAPON AND ACTUALLY OUTSIDE A DOOR.
White Lives Matter!
NOT to most blacks. Hell, they kill Each Other like its Sport. They couldn’t give a shit about whites.
How did shooting an unarmed woman, who was busy trying to climb through a small window, save anyone? What was she going to kill anyone with – her ball cap? This man is no hero, he panicked and fired his gun.
Amateur
No, Evil Murderer
Out of all the people running around in that building, he felt this unarmed woman was a threat to peoples lives?
Good Morning I’ve watched his interview my belief he’s a Liar and he fits rite in with the rest of the Liars in washington
Because he is black, there in no repercussions. If he were white and Babbit were black, the burning, looting and riots would resume.
Totally a racial issue
So he get off scot free, such a shame. but congress is saved, they can all come out from behind their desks.
Ain’t THAT the Truth!!!
Wayne is correct, sadly so. I surmise as I have heard, that this guard is a BLM sympathizer. If he killed poor Ashli out of prejudice, bigotry or racism, i.e. with hatred in his heart, he may escape scot-free on this wicked earth, but the Lord will judge him and hold him accountable as a liar.
AND Murderer!
He simply FREAKED OUT “in the moment”.
Terrible example of Human Error.
Sorry, Ace , that is NOT an excuse for Murder.
Off to Jail with ye.
And our DICTATOR HAS SHOWN, THAT ANTIFA & BLM RIOTERS ARE IN THE RIGHT, “JUST BURNING OFF SOME STEAM”!!! HELL, OUR GOV’T BAILED OUT MOST OF THE BLM AND ANTIFA TERRORISTS!!! I suppose that that’s ok
Bottom line he panicked. Exactly how did he save lives? What weapons did she have? BS
He was cold blooded murderer. He said he could not hear what was happening on Ashli’s side so how would she hear him? She didn’t. She was not warned. In addition there were several cops within a few feet of her dressed intactical gear. They did not deem her a threat and certainly were not encouraging a mob of non existant killers to storm the door.
Special place in hell for him
A trigger-happy cop who shot an unarmed woman, and even though he thinks he gave “appropriate” warning to her, do you really think she could have heard it through all of the noise?
He is a killer should be in jail
So he trained for years so he could shoot an unarmed woman, while at the same time the rest of the so called “cops” walked people into the building and took selfies. What a POS.
Since when is shooting an unarmed woman going to save countless lives?
In other environment, that same question should has been asked by other kind of interviewer, not?
Sfn!! Pathetic!! how is this jackazz not in jail; his actions were worse than chauvin
You hit the nail this man because he is black don’t go to receive any jail but chauvin who kill a bad black guy who was a felon probably die in jail
Chaubin did NOT kill the black druggie that died of his own overdose.
How is killing an unarmed woman “saving countless lives”!!!!!!!! He didn’t follow is training!! She wasn’t a threat to anyone! NBC says she had Qanon beliefs. The officer could tell she had Qanon beliefs, so he shot her. Sounds like ole Nance has been instructing this guy how to CHA.
Bullcrap, they hid him because it made their narrative and he knew he would never be held accountable. Shame, shame.
I have always been under the belief that you can only use force equal to what is being used against you. Was she armed?
Ya with a trump flag! Dont you know that kills crazy ass liberals on site. My God the horror she could have caused the slaughter the blood the guts!!! Oh wait what? A flag isn’t a weapon? Then what the hell why isn’t this out right murder?
👍 IT IS!
There exist fairly strict and specific rules of engagement if I should decide to use deadly force to counter an attempted invasion at my own house. Shouldn’t this officer be held to (at least) the same standards? I also wonder why he targeted this particular protester and where exactly he was aiming. Or did he simply panic and fire blindly into the crowd?
Ist degree murder of an inocent unarmend protester, killed with no warning! If he was white and she was black, he would be in jail and the city would have been burned!!! Double standard for the left!!!!!
And THEN some! One SICK country!
Well, if this POS has ANY conscience OR an understanding of Life and Right and Wrong Whatsoever, maybe his next shooting will be in HIS head.
Nobody’s life was in Danger ! It was a Protest ! MURDER HE IS !! And yes it Probably was Politically Motivated !!
I watched the interview, it was all Lies coming from him !!
No excuse to fatally wound someone; especially a woman, and an un-armed woman at that!
Demons don’t NEED an excuse, just a reason. They HATE Republicans.
He had no right to shot an unarmed woman. He was not doing his job, he just jumped at the chance to make himself look like a hero. He needs to be prosecuted.
Like YESTERDAY!
He is CHA at no time was Ashley a threat. He randomly fired into a crowd of protestors
I think Mr. Byrd actions were reckless and saved no lives, just ended one. Where is the uproar about a police officer shooting an unarmed woman! Since justice will not be served in this case, I hope Mr. Byrd’s conscious plagues him until his dying day!
We can Only hope! He should be Sleepless ’til the day he dies!
She had no weapon, if she had showed a weapon and was aiming it at the window then I could see justifying the shooting. Ashley, simply was at the window and did not pose a treat. We have such a double standard system and I know most Americans feel this sadly. When you have Nancy Pelosi choosing only who she wants on this silly commission, then I have made my point!!!!
Would you expect Any less of Piglosi?
She is TRULY Ons of the Foulest, Most EVIL human beings alive.
KEEP PUTTING DEMOCRAT SCUM IN OFFICE, AMERICA! That’s Reeeeally working out Well for ALL of us! HOW can we Ever thank you?
Maybe with BULLETS?!!!
Pug Lodi has family too let that happen to one of her daughters and you see the different reaction
His lies only satisfy himself and the devil. he killed an unarmed person and a Vetetan at that. He didn’t have to save countless lives because she wasn’t a threat at all. Their is a special place in hell for killing an innocent person. He’s just trying to make a banner for himself. Well, I pray her family sues the heck out of him. That’s justified.
Babbitt was a secret NINJA expert. He did indeed save the lives of some 599+ people from this very deadly UNARMED woman.
Sarcasm…..right?
As a Retired Law Enforcement Officer,How does this Murderer justify killing an unarmed Female when there were Other Capitol Police officers Present when Ashli was going thru the window. This was purely a Nancy Pelosi contracted Killing, No different than Mafia tactics(hide in the shadows and murder whoever does not agree with you.
From what I’ve observed of the Capital Police, my impression is they are like “Rental Cop”! I wonder about their training. Also heard/read that they deliberately hid his ID due to it possibly becoming racially motivated. After seeing his pic and interview with LH, it became clear!
DC is the most Right Wing/Republican HATING city/area in the Universe! There CERTAINLY is NO SURPRISE here Whatsoever! This murdering POS probably put a notch in his belt; “Alright, Another one Gone”
SO BECAUSE HE IS OF COLOR AND SHE WAS WHITE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN? IF THATS THE CASE LET THE COP OUT WHO WAS ACCUSED OF KILLING GEORGE FLOYD SHE WAS AN UNARMED FEMALE SOME BIG THREAT NO RECORD LIKE GEORGE HAD THIS IS RACIST IF YOU ASK ME
Of Course it is! THAT IS WHERE we’re AT in the United States TODAY! And if we don’t CHANGE THAT Soon, we are DONE!
This is outrageous!! He needs to be jailed w no parole! She was not a danger to anyone! She needs justice!!
How is it this guy is not in prison awaiting trial for murder right now? TOTAL COVER UP
He is a murderer. There were other officers standing there and if there was a threat to anyone they would have known. He did not save lives he murdered an unarmed Vet. He belongs in Prison and if he is sleeping at night he is definitely guilty.
Where did shooting an unarmed female figure into your training you coward. Saved countless lives my ass, nobody was armed. No warning was given before you fired. This was cold bloodied murder.
YES IT WAS! He Panicky in the moment, at the very Least, and THAT dies NOT excuse you from MURDER.
SOMEBODY’LL “get” his ass.
Murderer.
Was she armed and pointing a weapon at someone? I believe he could’ve handled things better. I don’t believe Congress or staff was in any imminent danger and the police should not have opened the gates and let them in. This was a set-up by Pelosi and her cronies to once again try to discredit Trump. It takes two to tango and I feel there was wrong doing from both sides.
TOTAL SET-UP!
START by HANGING the Disgustingly Evil Nancy Pelosi! She might as well have Horns and a Tail.
Totally agree….she is evil personified….
Ashley did not deserve to be shot and killed. She was NOT a threat to anyone. Did she have a gun pointed at the “Hero” shooter? Disgusting. He should be fired for doing that. It was unjustifiable homicide and he should be punished without retirement pay.
FIRED?!!! No, murderers go to JAIL!
They should be executed. Why should we pay to feed and house them. Bullet much cheaper.
Not the slightest hint of remorse for his cold blooded murder of an unarmed 5’2” 120 pound woman who at worst would have been prosecuted for trespassing on federal property.
He is a murderer. How could he yessl anything with his face diaper on when he murdered Ashley? Tears don’t get it you creep. Isn’t he the one who loses his gun often? What a loser.
how were members of congress in danger if she was unarmed and they were locked behind closed doors
She was unarmed. Period! End of his explanation!! Doesn’t fly!!
IF HE WAS WHITE HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN HUNG OUT TO DRY, SENTENCED TO DEATH. HE IS BLACK AND PROBABLY DEMOCRAT SO HE DONE THE RIGHT THING BY KILLING AN UNARMED WHITE CIVILIAN FEMALE WHO WAS CLIMBING THROUGH A BROKEN WINDOW WITH THE SOLE INTENT OF KILLING HIM ! ” I CALL BULLSHIT ” ON THIS IT WAS MURDER WITHOUT QUESTION !
Someone gave the green light to shoot at protesters. Now, NBC gives this jerk a pulpit to rub it into the faces of Ashley’s friends, family and fellow Marines. Had she been a member of the scum group antifa….she would have been just fine, and SHE would have been invited onto NBC for another type of interview.
Of course there was a Green Light____ these were All Republicans that they HATE.
Saved countless lives….how??? None of these people had weapons. The Senate staffers had been evacuated….how was this a justified act? I say he killed her because HE COULD….and get by with it.
Shooting an unarmed woman is saving lives! What a warped way of thinking. He did not have any sense of regret, but rather like the rest of the Democrats, always trying to justify themselves in everything they do, taking no responsibility for any of their actions, just like Biden. Lord God have mercy on this country and get hold of people, while we have a country at all and not a socialist republic. What in God’s Name are the people who are ruining his nation thinking, they can not even comprehend the damage they are doing. This takes the cake, I am in my nineties and I have never saw the likes of what is happening to America in my whole life, like it is now. God help us, for the time is close to the mark of the beast.
YES IT IS. When you throw God under the bus, you DIE. It is BEYOND Comprehension how EVIL the Majority in THIS country has become.
This COWARD capital cop byrd, needs to take his own life along with the 4 COWARD capital cops from the congressional hearing!!! These pig’s, I can’t even call them cops, DISGRACE OTHER REAL POLICE WITH THEIR LIES!!! I’m a disabled veteran, my father was a Marine who fought in Korea, after that he became a NYC POLICEMAN, WHERE HE RETIRED, SO I HAVE A DEEP & REAL RESPECT FOR 95% OF POLICE OFFICERS, THESE capital pigs are DISGRACEFUL and LYING SACKS OF EXCREMENT!!! THEY HAVE TO GO, RIGHT NOW !!! I am so freaking SICK of the HYPOCRITICAL PEOPLE IN DC, POLITICIAN’S AND FAKE COPS, AMERICANS BETTER START FIGHTING BACK IMMEDIATELY OR AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE DESTROYED!!!
It’s Almost gone NOW.
This guys a mutt. His defense kind of blows disparity of force rules out the window. Let me see, 6 armed, trained cops, one unarmed woman stuck in a window frame. They were really in danger. How would that fly in a court room?
If there was no verbal warnings or anything like that, since he couldn’t even see who was on the other side of that door/wall, he should have shot in the air or something else. Just shooting through something you can’t see through is not allowed for any police officer as far as I know. If she had been african-american this would have been another George Floyd moment. Totally disgusting finding by the inquiry board.
Why do I suspect that he’d be treated differently if he were white and/or his victim were black? He should thank his lucky stars that neither of these conditions pertained. This story strains credulity.
Ya’ THINK?!
It’s WASHINGTON, D.C! It was a Right/Republican protest, so Any SHOOTINGS were A-OK with THAT SHITHOLE, Demonic place! Probably ENCOURAGED! He’s a behind the scenes Hero to that SCUM!
You DON’T Suspect, Jane__You KNOW.
I suspect he was shaking in his shiny shoes and did what nobody else at the capital did… shoot someone who was no threat to him, without even warning her. What training did he receive in his 28 years on the job that caused his judgement to be so poor? Nobody else responded as he did, much less to an unarmed woman, even when they were physically engaged by multiple protestors. He wasn’t being attacked, he was safe, nearly hidden from view from the entrance she was trying to get through. If he were that scared, he should have run away, hid, and let other officers do his job for him.
I called this on the day after it happened. Some things are easily predictable.
imagine the howls and riots if Ashley Babbit was a black woman. You can always count on the Liberal Left twist to any of this.
To Lt Michael Byrd ; Whatever helps you sleep at night A*shole ! It was nothing more than coldblooded and deliberate murder . I suspect you chose her as the most threatening simply because she was the least threatening and wouldn’t shoot back . But then it’s tough to shoot back when you are unarmed isn’t it .
As for all your training , I submit you wasted your instructors time as well as all your years as a Capital Police Cop stealing taxpayer funds . And tell us praytell just whose life or lives did you save ? Your own , from a small Unarmed Woman ? What a Jerk ! A total waste of human DNA .
He Will ‘GET HIS’
Retired 20 year LEO says–Byrd is full of Sheite!! If Babbitt wasn’t Armed, with some kind of lethal weapon, shooting her dead was not a legal option!
We can ONLY hope in a civil case against him that Justice is SERVED and he gets RUINED!
There are Police officers nation wide that are getting into more trouble for taking out a armed person. This man killed a unarmed woman. This stinks.
QUITE SOMETHING, isn’t it?!!
The Ol’ Hate Trump and Republicans fix was in.
Washington DC. 99% EVIL TO THE CORE!!
Ashley Babbittt was murdered in cold blood and everybody knows it. She was unarmed and was no threat. The video that was shown of her being shot by Michael Byrd leaves no doubt the he should have been prosecuted. His claim that his actions saved countless lives is ludicrous and the video of him murdering her proves it.
100% CORRECT
Not a PEEP? BLACK COP killing a UNARMED white?
Le it be known and recorded that Officer Byrd did shoot and KILL Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. He needs to be indicted, charged and found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced accordingly for this behavior.
That IS the way it SHOULD work. But THIS is America TODAY!
A PROTEST of Crook Joe Biden and a Fraudulent election? We’re probably lucky there weren’t a bunch MORE killimgs
how can he get away with that….it is criminal
THIS CAPITAL COP HAD NO REASON TO SHOOT AND KILL THIS WOMAN LET ALONE SHOOT AT ALL! THE PHOTO SHOWN OF HER GETTING HIT TRULY SHOWS THAT THERE WAS NO DANGER TO HIM NOR ANY ONE ELSE ON HIS SIDE OF THE ” ELECTRONIC LOCKED DOOR” WHICH HE SHOT THRU THE GLASS PART OF THE DOOR FOR “ABSOLUTELY NO REASON!” THEREFORE HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN JUDICATED BUT NO DOUBT ” PIGLOSI ” HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DISMISSAL OF ANY WRONG DOING! JUSTICE ” MISSERVED HERE!”
And THAT Evil wench is just the tip of the iceberg in THAT Hellhole tow.
Black man murders white woman: No news here, no riots, no looting, no property destruction, just another typical Black on White killing with no consequence!
Nice world you Democrats are creating for your children!
AND for Us!
The Destruction of the country is all about us, EVERYWHERE.
According ti Myrna training ad an MP, There should have been a verbal warning before firing. Also she was unarmed so there was no threat of loss of life or Great bodily harem.
This was a cold blooded murder, how can this coward say he was defending life’s, there’s countless videos of capital police letting people in door’s unlocked and wide open,this military veteran was unarmed, but BLM antifa participant’s we’re not harmed, think it’s time for the American people to start serving our own justice.
NEVER has Vigilantism been MORE NECESSARY!
Death penalty for this guy . Was this a black taking revenge ?
So shooting an unharmed woman saved lives ? I don’t see how that works.
He couldn’t have shoved her back thru and then brandished his weapon?
She was unarmed
So is Byrd claiming he saved thousands of lives BECAUSE he killed Ashli Babbit??? I don’t think so! In fact I can see no reason at all that Ms Babbit was shot to death!!!
She was OBVIOUSLY Against Beijing Biden and Democratically Stolen Elections. That’s REASON ENOUGH for the Vile Scum that are Democrats.
Never fired his weapon in all of his career, but knows he did nothing wrong. True demoncrap supporter. How the hell do the left never get charged with any crimes ?
THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN
And when the Majority is now heathen evil scum, they’re Veeeeery well protected and TAKEN CARE OF
Give me a break. She was not armed. He came thru the door from the bathroom, where he had picked up a gun left by someone else. He opened the door, and shot the unarmed Babbit.
He thinks he saved “countless lives?” Who was she menacing? What would she use to endanger those countless lives? This is a complete lie and shocking coverup of at least incompetence or at worst a dangerous person with a gun.
NO POLICE react like that, and if they did there would be a huge investigation.
All these riots after a police officer kills someone actually presenting danger and a threat? How was Babbit any different than any other person there that day? No one else killed. One unarmed woman in the midst of hundreds of people. This guy Byrd is a menace and is the beneficiary of a massive cover-up. This is an outrage.
What a hero. Byrd should never be trusted in any position where he carries (some one else”)
You are Right and Right and Right and Right.
NICE F’ing country we’ve got now, eh?
Disgraceful! Ashley Babbitt was not armed. Yes, she was climbing thru a window, but is the punishment for that DEATH? Not in the world I live in. This cop should be ashamed. Granted, she was being rowdy, but wasn’t there anything else the cop could have done? Was his taser not working that day? Was he out of tear gas? Could he have aimed for her shoulder or leg rather than a kill shot? What really bothers me so much is that he killed a veteran who risked her life for America and this is what she gets from a cop in America. Oh well. Cops will always act like cops.
Delusional? Danger from a protest? Were any weapons found or any fires started? Look at Portland Oregon if you want to see threats.
Yes, but THEY were just legitimate EVIL SCUM. Dems and ALL Lefties have NO problem with THEM. THAT’S their voting base!
HE should be the one shot.. there was no “serious” danger when he pull the trigger. he’s a frigging LIAR. he “saved” no one.. he only took the life of an unarmed citizen, whom was just standing behind a closed and locked door. Had the door been breached, and people were climbing through it.. THEN he might have been in fear of his life, or the lives of others. but the video clearly shows he did NOT follow his training when he shot the young lady through the glass of the door. To be cleared of all charges shows the depths of depravity of the ones doing the “investigating” of the situation.
EXACTLY!, sir. “the depths of depravity”.
Welcome to TODAY in America!’
this cop was so scared of ashli that he was pissing his pants a gutless coward
LISTEN UP…GOD Ruled ASHLI BABBITT’S DEATH as MURDER. IT is NOT OKAY to SHOOT an UNARMED WOMAN or MAN. I STAND By GOD’S WORD. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄
Bogus. How did he save countless lives? More so, how, in the world did he know that he saved countless lives. I believe that he panicked, jumped to conclusions, and jeopardize others that day. How was this lady going to kill those on the location? There’s a latter of force to be followed. Maybe a nightstick to her wrists? But, not a bullet to an unarmed individual.
LISTEN UP….GODRuled ASHLI BABBITT’S Death as MURDER. It is NEVER Okay to SHOOT an UNARMED WOMAN or MAN. GOD wants PREZ TRUMP to get His JOB BACK. GOD Says….PREZ TRUMP is the RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT. GOD ‘S BLESSING is STILL with PREZ TRUMP just as it was with KING DAVID. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄
COLD BLOODED NAZI MURDERER!!! AND A COWARD!!!
this guy is nothing but a cold blooded killer!
if he saved countless lives so did derik chauvin
👍 GOOD ONE! Or AT THE VERY LEAST Chauvin saved “countless” merchants from Theft and any and all other related crimes that Pig Floyd would have gone on to commit.
if he saved lives, then so did chauvin, there should be equal treatment, jail byrd or FREE CHAUVIN
He “saved countless lives” by shooting an unarmed woman? Yet, police officers on the street are expected to obtain from violence in the face of violent armed aggression. What a crock!
Mr. Bird shot and murdered an unarmed Air Force Veteran woman that was being pushed thru a glass of a big door by an ANTIFA DRESSED IN MAGA GARB . SHE OFFERED NO THREAT TO THE POLICE. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. NANCEY PELOSI PLANED THE WHOLE THING ,HAVING ANTIFA DRESS UP IN MAGA DRESS AND THINNING OUT THE CAPITAL POLICE SECURITY SO IT WOULD BE EASY FOR ANTIFA TO RUSH IN . DEMOCRATS put the invasion of the Capital on so NANCP PELOSI’S IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE COULD TRY AGAIN TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE DEMORATS LIED THEIR TAILS OFF. ONE THING THEY SAID WAS 7 people were killed because of the rioting on the 6th at the Capitol. ONLY ONE CAPITAL POLICEMAN DIED THAT DAY AND THE AUTOPSY SHOWED HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK .ANOTHER LIE TOLD AT THE IMPEACHMENT HEARING.REPUBLICANS KNOCKED DOWN EVERY DEMORAT LIE. THEY PROVED TRUMP HAD NOTHINGTO DO WITH THE CAPITOL INVASION.I PERSONALLY SAW VIDEO OF AN ANTIFA MEMBER DRESSED WITH A MAGA HAT ON DRAGGING A CNN REPORTER AND CAMERA PERSON THRU STATUARY HALL BRAGGING ABOUT HOW HE TOLD HER HE WOULD GET HER IN AND HOW HE EVEN WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A MAGA HAT SO HE WOULD LOOK LIKE A TRUMP SUPPORTER.WE NEED TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR ASHLI BABBITT. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE PEOPLES HOUSE OF CONGRESS THAT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED WITH TREASON AGAINST AMERICA. BYRD IS A COLD BLOODED MURDER. WHY WAS PELOSI TRYING TO COVER UP WHAT SHE AND OTHERS HAD PLANNED TO HAPPEN ON THE 6th. And BY THE WAY THERE IS Absolute PROOF THE ELECTION 2020 was rigged and STOLEN BY THE DEMOCRATS AND WILL COME OUT.
Sounds like murder
he is an executioner and a coward and he saved no one. He was a scared little boy with a gun and didn’t know how to iuse a gun. I bet he was peeing in his pants and looking for mommy to hide behind. The capital hill police are just glorified security guards and have never faced any real threats so you can understand why this coward did what he did and why he has too tell himself that he saved lives that day…easier tha to admit your a coward killer…
You are basically RIGHT ON
He shot an unarmed person that was moving away from him. How is that anything other than cold blooded murder
Was she armed? If not, it was definitely murder.
Just as there are white racist, there are black racist and he is one that took the excuse to shoot someone white. The fact that the person he shot was a possible Trump supporter made it all the sweeter to him. He needs to re-learn his history and learn the true facts on racism! God will judge him for the life he took.
Well, clearly killing a 5’3″ unarmed female veteran, “saved countless lives.” Personally, I think he panicked. It was a “bad kill.” I’m sure he had plenty of time to get his story straight with Heir Pelosi, who was in charge of the Capitol Police (they are led by the US Speaker of the House).
EXACTLY What happened!
How does he conclude he saved countless lives? All he did was end one. And the one he ended was not some thug that started all the rioting all over the US. Byrd is a POS.
He Views Himself as a Hero is the new Socialist movement for His willingness to use unreasonable Force against an unarmed American Citizen!
ONLY when they’re Trump supporters or Democrat bashers.
How the heack does he think killing an unarmed woman “saved countless lives”?
I’LL BET YOU DID SPEND COUNTLESS YEARS PREPARING FOR •••• THAT MOMENT!!!!!! WAITING TO MURDER A WHITE UNARMED WOMAN UNDER THE PROTECTION OF A BUNCH OF COMMUNIST FASCIST AND ALSO THE PROTECTION OF A MICKEY MOUSE POLICE BADGE….. YOU FKN BLK P. O. S. MURDERER . WE PRAY GOD STRIKES YOU DEAD.
Alright, I’m sick o’ the mystery. How do you Really feel?
Unjustified police shooting
If it had been a white officer shooting an unarmed black female veteran he would have been chart by the feds.
Uuuuuh…,,,,…WHAT?! 🤪
Shooting an unarmed civilian makes you a hero? I think it makes you a murderer.
Why was it necessary to shoot an UNARMED person? Sounds like a smokescreen attempt. Plus, his color is “right” to avoid too much criticism and scrutiny.
He is merely a cold-blooded murderer making excuses for his crimes
I think the guy was scared shytless and when anyone is, and has a gun, this sort of thing will happen….I truly cannot blame anyone in particular for Jan 6th but in the same instance I probably would have fired the shot myself under the conditions at that moment….
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killing a unarmed woman saves countless lives ??? how does this work ??
He is a cold blood killer. Ashley Babbitt was unarmed and she didn’t attack him this is just like he shot somebody in the back. Cower!!
stupid ass wanted nothing more than to kill a white person knowing that he could easily get away with it being a Libtard working with a Libtard majority in Washington! no Libtard is held accountable for their actions and that is why they are emboldened to do the shit they do. The Republican Party is to blame because they said I never hand and don’t do anything to hold the Libtard criminals accountable
AMERICA TODAY! PATHETIC
Lt. Byrd can excuse his paranoid reaction and lie to his own conscience all he wants and even imagine that he saved lives, but the truth cannot be denied by any reasonable person. Shooting an unarmed woman was worse than uncalled for. Did any other officer present interpret the situation as being so critical that they needed to start gunning people down? Did he feel the need to kill somebody so that onlookers would take him seriously? Or was Ashley’s presence so intimidating he couldn’t help reacting? Men like this should never have been issued a lethal weapon. And his superiors should not have excused his disgusting behavior. I support the police, but it takes the right kind of person with spur of the moment good judgment to be a good policeman. Lt. Byrd didn’t have it, and it cost a good woman (who deserved less than a slap on the wrist) her life.
How in hell did shooting an unarmed woman “save countless lives”??
I always thought good sense never came to a man under forty years and he did his in 25-28 years is mind boggling and shooting a woman who was aiming at no one. The whole shebang that day was over played, over worked and secrets over covered.
But OF COURSE! They were All in protest of Demonrats and the Fraudulent Election! So Hell, let’s Shoot these “deplorables”.
We’re in a Helluva lotta Trouble in this WARPED country!
So according to this guy “his actions saved ‘countless lives.” Now I wasn’t there so I can’t say for sure what was going on, but from everything I have heard this woman was climbing through a window, completely UNARMED. She didn’t even have a flag or a stick or a rock and she was shot and killed. I would like for someone, anyone to explain to me just how dangerous this woman really was to anyone in the immediate area. Also after all this time the Socialist Media still continues the lie about the Capitol Police Officer who was killed when someone hit him in the head with a Fire Extinguisher, even though his family has stated that he died from a stroke
He thinks he “saved many lives” by shooting an unarmed woman to death? What an idiot! He says he was trained? Who trained this guy? The picture of him showed his finger on the trigger of his gun when there were people standing in front of him. The first thing they teach you is to have your trigger finger out straight until you’re ready to shoot. And you are supposed to shout a commands before shooting. He’s an imbecile who should never have been in that position. He was incapable of making a wise, good decision. The fact that he said he “saved many lives” by shooting an unarmed vet is proof that he’s not dealing with a full deck. Notice no one is accusing him of being racist and looting and burning and vandalizing over his outrageously insane act of cowardice.
Yup. We’re in THAT bad o’ shape as a country.
None of those protesters should have entered the Capitol Building. They would have been much more effective by standing outside and continue protesting from there. By entering the Capitol, they forced the hand of those charged with protecting our seat of government and our elected officials. It was a mistake and now we regret the results.
Why did it take this gutless so-called policeman so long to come forward? What was he scared of? If he has spent 28 years training for just such an event, then he could see that Ms. Babbitt was not posing any threat; she was being pushed though the window, UNBARMED. And, just leave it to NBC to continue spreading lies about what happened that day. Ms. Babbitt did NOT embrace QAnon, and Trump’s followers WERE NOT THE CAUSE OF THE RIOT! This has been proven, and, the “false claims” that the election was stolen are being proved more and more every day. If this officer wants to blame someone, he need not look any further that the vindictive leader of the house. She is the one who did not listen to prior warnings about possible problems, did not ask for help from the D.C. police, and didn’t even tell the capitol police. She was just praying for just such an occurance. SHE needs to be removed from her position ASAP.
It’s not every day a black guy gets to kill a white woman and get off without repercussions. Good thing for him the D’s were calling the shots.
If he indeed saved “countless lives” it’s only because his other shots went wide and he stopped shooting altogether. Nothing about his actions was noble. He had an itchy trigger finger and he scratched it. America lost a patriotic veteran that day and America knows it.
We’ve known who the assassin was for several weeks, the question why is he not being indicted for murder? Why was he exonerated and by whom? The man(?) Michael Byrd fatally shot Ashli Babbitt with no justification. Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was unarmed and did not pose any type of threat. Had Byrd been white and Babbitt black there would be riots, burned buildings and wholesale looting.
Let’s hear the timbre of our times. This was a frightened Black law officer in the midst of a riot. He didn’t hesitate and instead surrendered to his muscle memory. He drew and fired point blank. Would he do it again? Probably not. But if a white woman officer had triggered a round at point blank range and killed a black rioter, she would have been arraigned and indicted within a week.
This clown was the ONLY officer that fired his weapon and MURDERED a Veteran. Maybe she should not of did what she did, but she was MURDERED by a COWARD, who should be arraigned and charged with MURDER.
cold blooded murderer, as simple as that!
Was the person killed using a gun? Was that person a real threat? And if so, to whom?
From the selfies and self videos taken by the intruders, they did not appear that threatening. Now look at the rampages across blue cities, while burning cities to the ground , destroying statues…and at the taliban and people stuck in Agfanistan, terrorized, and compare. Decide for yourself.
What a lying, sack of shit.
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Murder
If this had happened in Chicago during a riot the officer would have been immediately suspended. Followed by a team of lawyers spouting off about Police brutality and a one and a half year cover up! Equal Justice under the Law?
Let’s face the facts this lousy black racist communist socialist democrats should be in jail he is getting away with murder
So for Lester you are a deplorable racist communist socialist slimy jerk
Byrd is cold blooded murderer there was not reason to use gun he should go to prison for long time taking innocents life.
He is merely a cold-blooded murderer!
hey this dude is on ex-nazi GEORGE SOROS payroll, lookout when you are stepping out of DC boundary. this black BLM cop pre-planned this murder in cold blood. you blacky, got blood in your hand. better watch your back every second, see how your family will meet their need when this BLM thug in cop uniform dies like a pig. better break in a cold sweat.
Byrd shot an unarmed protestor and he claims he saved many lives. I think he panicked under pressure and he killed because he was overrun by fear. A 100% pig is Byrd.