Ashli Babbitt, the unarmed woman shot by Capitol Police during the riot on January 6, 2021, will receive full military honors at her funeral, the Daily Caller reported. Then-President Joe Biden’s administration had denied the privilege to the U.S. Air Force veteran in February 2021 because Babbitt participated in the demonstration.
President Donald Trump’s administration is righting the wrongs of its predecessor on many issues. In this case, Babbitt’s family will receive a $5 million wrongful death settlement as well as the proper military burial owed to her as a veteran.
According to Fox News, Babbitt was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol police officer as she attempted to enter the building’s interior. Three months after the shooting, the officer involved was cleared of any wrongdoing, even though the Air Force veteran was unarmed. Now the family has gotten the settlement it deserves and will receive the closure it needs.
“On behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, I write to extend the offer for Military Funeral Honors for SrA Ashli Babbitt. After reviewing the circumstances of Ashli’s death and considering the information that has come forward since then, I am persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect,” the undersecretary of the Air Force wrote to Babbitt’s husband, Aaron, on Aug. 15, the family’s attorneys said.
No Apologies
This outcome is a long time in the making and came only after years of excuses from the government and the media. In an interview with NBC News’ anchor Lester Holt, Lt. Michael Byrd, the man who ended Babbitt’s life, blamed the dead woman and the chaos of the day for his decision to use deadly force.
He made no apologies, but instead explained that it was one of the few choices he had given the circumstances. “Once we barricaded the doors, we were essentially trapped where we were. There was no way to retreat. No other way to get out,” He told Holt.
“If they get through that door, they’re into the House chamber and upon the members of Congress,” he added. Byrd said that it was difficult to get information about what was happening outside of the building, and some of what he heard on his radio alarmed him, including an officer reporting that “his fingertips were blown off” by a rioter.
“It was literally broadcast over the air. I said, ‘OK, this is getting serious,'” Byrd said to himself in what would become his justification for using shooting a person who arguably posed no threat. In fact, the settlement reached in July confirms that to be the case as demonstrated by the large payout.
Perpetuating the Narrative
Trump’s enemies have held so tightly to the narrative that Jan. 6 was a “deadly” day in Washington, D.C. in an effort to make him and his supporters seem violent and cruel. Even more than four years later and months into Trump’s second term, they can’t seem to let that go, even with the perspective of time and the facts coming to light about Babbitt’s death.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who participated in the Democratic witch hunt known as the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, continued to smear Babbitt after the settlement was reached. “[Ashli] Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country,” Kinzinger said.
“While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor,” Kinzinger added. Former Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell trotted out another one of the false narratives of the day by invoking the name of Officer Brian Sicknick, who was originally reported to have been hit by a fire extinguisher but later was found to have died of natural causes, the BBC reported at the time.
Gonnell, who said that Jan. 6 was the “worst day of his life,” said that giving Babbitt military honors was disprectful in light of her participation in Jan. 6. “Not to officers, like Brian Sicknick, who served in the Air National Guard, but the member of the mob who stormed the Capitol and put herself and other’s lives in danger. Wtf,” Gonnell eloquently wondered.
Biden punished Babbitt’s grieving family to further Democrats’ cynical agenda to smear Trump and his supporters. Now justice has been served, as they have been compensated for the damages and will have the burial Babbitt deserved.
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Author: Christine Favocci
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