DOJ Won’t Charge Police Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt

I haven’t seen any outrage about this in the corporate media.

Usually, the corporate media and progressives are quick to demonize the police in virtually any involving a black suspect and a White police officer, but the general attitude in the press seems to be that Ashli Babbitt got what she deserved and that it is not a case that is worth talking about.

They didn’t have much to say about the police execution of Daniel Shaver either which was by far the most grotesque abuse of civil liberties and police power that I have ever seen captured on video.

DOJ:

“WASHINGTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will not pursue criminal charges against the U.S. Capitol Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, the Office announced today.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section and the Civil Rights Division, with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD), conducted a thorough investigation of Ms. Babbitt’s shooting.  Officials examined video footage posted on social media, statements from the officer involved and other officers and witnesses to the events, physical evidence from the scene of the shooting, and the results of an autopsy.  Based on that investigation, officials determined that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.  Officials from IAD informed a representative of Ms. Babbitt’s family today of this determination. …”

New York Times:

“Prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against the Capitol Police lieutenant who shot to death a woman who stormed the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday after a three-month investigation.

The department’s decision to formally close the case followed the results of a preliminary inquiry that determined in February that charges were not warranted.

” The investigation into her shooting involved civil rights prosecutors who opened an excessive force inquiry. In its statement on Wednesday, the Justice Department said that inquiry had not produced evidence that the police lieutenant had willfully deprived Ms. Babbitt of her civil rights. …”

The DOJ is currently focused on more important cases like prosecuting Ricky Vaughn over edgy memes that he posted in the 2016 election.