So why did the Capitol Hill cop come out?
American Thinker,
by
Monica Showalter
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
8/27/2021 4:15:24 PM
After months of supposed hiding, the Capitol Hill cop who shot unarmed pro-Trump protestor Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol, Lt. Michael Byrd has come out of the woodwork to talk about his shooting, in a softball interview with NBC's Lester Holt. Which is weird stuff, given that for months his identity had been concealed, by investigators, Congress, and other supposed watchdogs, on the grounds that revealing it to angry Trump supporters was too dangerous, and whose investigative conclusions excused him from accountability.
Now he's come out -- telling Lester Holt of his great heroics. He doesn't even need to, having been exonerated repeatedly.
The most likely reason is this lawsuit,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Californian 8/27/2021 4:20:56 PM (No. 895000)
His only,15m shot at writing a book and cashing in on his murder.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catherine 8/27/2021 4:28:45 PM (No. 895009)
It probably took them this long to teach him what lie to tell and how to deliver it. He really can't believe killing an innocent, unarmed woman saved anyone from anything.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 8/27/2021 4:35:45 PM (No. 895015)
In the excerpt I saw, Byrd’s answers seemed rehearsed. Lester Holt is chronically biased. So, my bet is this was a staged event, as opposed to an interview.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Lake Dweller 8/27/2021 4:36:06 PM (No. 895017)
This ‘Police Officer’ is a despicable worm.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
901AtTheRiver 8/27/2021 4:37:18 PM (No. 895019)
This coward POS goes into hiding for 8 months, gets lawyered up, comes up with a piece of fiction that somehow he's a hero in all this. OFF WITH HIS HEAD. He could have been forgiven if he would have stepped up on day 1, admitted his mistake and demonstrated remorse.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 8/27/2021 4:49:41 PM (No. 895032)
I would not trust this fat slob to walk my dog. He was reading off cue cards and feels ZERO remorse.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
starboard 8/27/2021 4:54:31 PM (No. 895037)
I noticed his bad body language watching segments from this interview. He also came across as not being smart. For him to shoot a 5'2" 125lb woman with her back turned and not having any visible weapon and without giving any warning is worse than the Floyd fiasco. Let's face it, the only thing he has going for him is his skin color. This is an open and shut case. This was stone cold murder in the second degree and the husband and family of Ashli Babbit should sue the U S Capitol Police for millions.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/27/2021 4:57:48 PM (No. 895039)
An AA hire who was instructed to shoot someone.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
nhveritas 8/27/2021 4:59:20 PM (No. 895040)
After viewing the video of this shooting, no reasonable person could conclude that there was an imminent threat of deadly force about to be used against the shooter or a third party. Therefore, this is a bad shoot and murder, plain and simple. In any legitimate law enforcement agency, he would be fired and likely prosecuted for murder.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ocho reales 8/27/2021 5:14:18 PM (No. 895060)
I saw the entire video that was circulating several weeks ago. It is crystal clear that he initiated the encounter. Babbitt was not a threat to him or anyone else. She did not have a weapon to discharge. Byrd took the initiative and took an unprovoked shot at her. Why didn't he shoot one of the men? Why did he find an unarmed woman to be such a threat? He's guilty as they come. Politics is protecting him. If he had done this in a 7-11 he would be up on murder charges.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Luandir 8/27/2021 5:26:18 PM (No. 895075)
Remember that this is the Einstein who left his police weapon on a bathroom windowsill and evidently didn't miss it for hours, when another officer found it.
Pictures of him in the House chamber on January 6th show him holding his pistol in an extremely unsafe manner, with his finger on the trigger.
I think there's a good possibility that the shot went off by accident, due to his carelessness. His superiors would then have to explain how he was allowed back on duty after his first foul-up. And of course his demographic couldn't be allowed to look bad.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/27/2021 5:27:17 PM (No. 895078)
He made me sick. Twitchy AA hired and promoted. A real squirrel. As he said, it didn’t matter to him that she was unarmed. That did it.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/27/2021 5:29:40 PM (No. 895082)
Re #7. her back was not turned. He saw her face, he shot her in cold blood, she pitched back off the shoulders of the man who boosted her on his back so that she could see through window. (She was too short to see over the men clustered there.) Cold blooded murder by a stupid creature.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
marbles 8/27/2021 5:29:51 PM (No. 895083)
Why ? To portray himself as a hero and that Ashli Babbitt was bad, very bad and January 6th was the worst thing ever and it was all Trumps fault. And to get Afghanistan off the front page.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/27/2021 5:34:06 PM (No. 895097)
What #10 said. And he had plenty of time to study her as he hid in the room to the extreme left of the hallway door she was in front of. He aimed for her from where he was hiding and got her in her left shoulder (coroner’s report), an often life-threatening injury because of blood vessels in that area.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bad-hair 8/27/2021 5:34:23 PM (No. 895098)
Book Deal ?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 8/27/2021 5:34:46 PM (No. 895099)
Byrd is a cold blooded murderer, and should be in prison for life.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 8/27/2021 5:40:01 PM (No. 895109)
Blacks are immune from prosecution, especially if they work for Pelosi. We're really on our own.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/27/2021 6:28:43 PM (No. 895163)
I didn’t see the interview because I knew that my blood pressure (and I have very low BP) wouldn’t be able to handle it, but my sister did watch and said the guy is dumb as a box of hammers and it’s no wonder that he left is gun in a restroom.
I still believe that Pelosi ordered him to shoot a cop - there were several right behind Babbitt - and then they would blame it on Trump supporters. But this bag of vermin excrement missed.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Newtsche 8/27/2021 7:20:33 PM (No. 895205)
More cynical, effing theater.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
XCenturion 8/27/2021 7:43:42 PM (No. 895233)
I wonder who conducted the investigation into this murder, Christopher Wray and his FBI stooges? I wouldn't be the first time they destroyed evidence, right Hillary?
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I saw absolutely no regret!
Like all democrats, he doubled down on stupid.
Claimed he was trained to shoot to kill an unarmed woman who was not a threat to him or anyone else, even though other officers were within reach of her on her side of the glass.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/27/2021 9:50:30 PM (No. 895347)
Re #11, it was no accident. His arm was quite steady, quite deliberate as he lurched out of hiding with his finger on the trigger and immediately fired. There was no hesitation. It was a deliberate act. He intended to shoot. I saw the whole thing on the first full video that even showed Ashli moving through the men before she found one to boost her up. Byrd did what he did on purpose. He’s a cold blooded killer..
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Kate318 8/27/2021 10:52:32 PM (No. 895386)
He shot Ashli Babbitt for one reason and one reason only. He was told to make sure it got violent. I’m sure the Deep State was hoping to somehow pin this on the “insurrectionists,” but in typical AA fashion, it went FUBAR.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
danu 8/27/2021 11:47:31 PM (No. 895420)
I've never seen Mr Holt-even for 5 seconds; never watched any interview by him. Now I know why.
Holt fed leading questions to this dodgy character on HIS suffering racism and victimisation.
This deluded 'hero' responded with proclamations of himself, by himself, as a profile in courage
--saving America from an unarmed vet, invited into a taxpayer- funded property.
He falsely claimed that he issued commands, which he expected Ashli to obey--so it;s her fault.
We've all seen the footage: he said nothing. Ashli probably never saw him , as he was hiding
like bin Biden, and scurried into the darkness like a roach.
His demeanour was shambolic and untrustworthy.
Is he really a victim ...of his paymasters, chuck schemer, nazti peloser
and dozens of other manipulators?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Italiano 8/28/2021 12:14:18 AM (No. 895443)
When SHTF, and it is going to, his name is on a DC lamppost.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/28/2021 12:38:50 AM (No. 895447)
Some liberal Democrat run publishing house must be giving him a big advance to cooperate with a ghostwritten book. No doubt such a book would end up as evidence in any civil case with him being cross examined about his purported facts on January 6th.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
vhs68 8/28/2021 12:55:04 AM (No. 895464)
Lt. Michael Byrd reminds me of Isiah Whitlock Jr.
He was State Senator R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis.
The crooked politician in "The Wire".
just saying.......................
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/28/2021 2:24:21 AM (No. 895498)
This clown's name has been thrown around in public for the past eight months, Michael LEROY Byrd is an affirmative action idiot and a murderer. If the Capitol Police were shouting anything, it was "come on in."
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Muguy 8/28/2021 2:46:06 AM (No. 895500)
Byrd was protected by a corrupt group of people because of his race and not charged with even negligent manslaughter or accidental homicide. He was fearful and acted too swiftly in discharging his weapon when he really was not under a lethal threat. He certainly is no hero and appeared to be well coached
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
local500 8/28/2021 4:10:37 AM (No. 895521)
The answer is obvious. He wants a book and a book tour, and then he would retire reality, become a publish speaker or even run for congress.
Does not matter. He is a POS and a coward.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
judy 8/28/2021 5:46:43 AM (No. 895543)
It's hard to say who was more phony....Holt or Michael. Shaking your head before the question was ask is good indication someone knew the questions in advance. The tears in the final act is a democrat prop. Why did he wait 8 months....maybe Spielberg wasn't available to teach his acting lessons...
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