Most police departments—including Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police—are required to release an officer’s name within days of a fatal shooting. Not the U.S. Capitol Police, which is controlled by Congress and answers only to Congress. It can keep the public in the dark about the identity and investigation of an officer involved in a shooting indefinitely….
Naming the Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Unarmed Jan. 6 Rioter Ashli Babbitt
Questions That Need Answers
Commentary Ever since Socrates pestered his interlocutors with questions they couldn’t answer, all the best people have told us that questions are more important than answers. So I thought I would try a column consisting mostly of questions. Socrates wanted to know things like “What is Virtue?” “What is knowledge?” “What is love?” My questions…
Ashli Babbitt’s Husband Still Doesn’t Know Identity of Capitol Officer Who Shot Her
The husband of a woman who was shot dead by a U.S. Capitol Police officer in the Capitol on Jan. 6 says he still does not know the identity of the officer. “Somebody up in D.C. knows, I think a lot of people know, but nobody is telling us. And the silence is deafening,” Aaron…
Ashli Babbitt’s Family Sues to Learn Identity of Officer Who Shot Her
The Metropolitan Police Department is being sued by the family of Ashli Babbitt to learn the identity of the law enforcement officer who fatally shot her in Washington on Jan. 6. In a 7-page document filed this week in District of Columbia court, relative Aaron Babbitt asked a judge to compel the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD),…
Democrat Seeks to Censure 3 GOP Congress Members Who ‘Dangerously Mischaracterized’ Jan. 6
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is seeking to censure three Republican colleagues who he claims downplayed what happened on Jan. 6 when people breached the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The Democrat is looking for co-sponsors for a resolution that would censure Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Jody Hice (R-Ga.), and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) for comments they made…
Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 Didn’t Issue Warning First: Lawyer
The lawyer for the family of Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was killed by a Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, said that witnesses did not hear the officer give a warning before he shot her. The officer, who has not been identified, was cleared by federal prosecutors of any wrongdoing in…
‘Leaders That Won’t Respond’: Ashli Babbitt’s Mother to Travel to Sacramento to Protest
Ashli Babbitt’s mother announced she’s going on a “Mother’s Day journey” on a Twitter account dedicated to her daughter, who was fatally shot during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. “On January 6th, 2021 Ashli Babbitt was murdered in the United States Capitol in front of the world. Ashli was my daughter and I miss her…
Lawyer for Ashli Babbitt’s Family Says They Will Seek $10 Million From US Capitol Police in Lawsuit
The family of Ashli Babbitt, the only person shot during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, plans to sue the police department and the officer who fired the gun for at least $10 million, their attorney said. Terry Robert, the family’s attorney told Zenger News’ David Martosko in a report first by published Newsweek, that they plan to sue both…
The Reprehensible Exploitation of Brian Sicknick’s Death
The untimely death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick has been a central rallying cry to fuel anger and outrage about the so-called Trump-inspired “insurrection” on Jan. 6. Just as the pepper spray clouds dissipated from the Capitol grounds the next day, Sicknick’s employer issued a shocking statement. “At approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening, United…
Postcards From the Catastrophe
Let’s play “one of these things not like the other.” On April 11, a young Black man named Daunte Wright was accidentally shot and killed while resisting arrest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. At first, rumors flew around that Wright had been pulled over because he had an air-freshener dangling from his rearview mirror. In fact,…
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