Tag: Michael Byrd

Officer Who Shot Dead Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 Housed for Months at Military Base on Taxpayer Dime: Records

The U.S. Capitol Police officer who killed an unarmed woman inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was housed for months afterward at a military base in Maryland, according to newly disclosed records. Michael Byrd, the officer, stayed at a visitor suite at the Presidential Inn on Joint Base Andrews from July 8, 2021,…


Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 Housed for Months at Military Base on Taxpayer Dime: Records

The U.S. Capitol Police officer who killed an unarmed woman inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was housed for months afterward at a military base in Maryland, according to newly disclosed records. Michael Byrd, the officer, stayed at a visitor suite at the Presidential Inn on Joint Base Andrews from July 8, 2021,…


Disproportionate Justice Is a Cancer on the Body Politic

Commentary Throughout the history of modern nations, most fair-minded people have agreed that equal treatment under the law is a categorical imperative for a just society. In the traditional Anglo-American justice system, it’s regarded as cruel and unusual to impose widely different sanctions for similar offenses. For several decades after the American Civil War, ongoing…


Cop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Was Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing Without Interview

When U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd went on “NBC Nightly News” to tell his side of shooting and killing unarmed Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, he made a point to note he’d been investigated by several agencies and exonerated for his actions that day. “There’s an investigative process [and] I was cleared by the…