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Secret Police Docs Reveal There Was 'No Good Reason' to Shoot Ashli Babbitt: Judicial Watch

• www.westernjournal.com, By Michael Austin

For those who may not remember, Babbitt was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer while trying to open a door that led to the House chamber during the Jan. 6 incursion.

Judicial Watch reported on Wednesday that it had obtained 532 pages of documents from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police, all regarding Babbitt's death.

Witness testimonies indicated Babbitt was not holding a weapon at the time of the shooting and that the officer involved, Michael Byrd, looked "upset" after shooting her.

A Capitol Police sergeant testified that he didn't know why Byrd shot Babbitt.

"I saw Lt. Byrd kind of. I don't know if it was before or after," the sergeant said. "I don't know if something happened to him [that] caused him to take the shot or not."

"These previously secret records show there was no good reason to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt," Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said.


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