IBDaMann
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Lt. Michael Byrd assassinated an unarmed, peaceful Ashli Babbit in the Capitol for jumping vertically. Democrats were united in high-fiving Byrd for wasting a Trump supporter and quickly absolved him of all wrongdoing ... because, after all, Ashli Babbit was a Trump supporter. Democrats argued that Byrd was rightfully "frightened for his life" given all the after-the-fact hysteria that Democrats generated in order to bury Trump.
Enter SCOTUS. In a unanimous 9-0 landmark decision Barnes v. Felix less than two weeks ago (15 May 2025), the Supreme Court declared that it is not sufficient for a police officer to claim that he was in "fear for his life or the lives of others" when using deadly force. An objectively clear threat must exist such that it is determined that any rational, reasonable police officer in that situation would have also used deadly force. Given that the unarmed and peaceful Ashli Babbit's small vertical leap in a public building did not objectively obligate the use of deadly force, the cowardly Lt. Byrd needs to be arraigned for the blatant murder that he committed.
Enter SCOTUS. In a unanimous 9-0 landmark decision Barnes v. Felix less than two weeks ago (15 May 2025), the Supreme Court declared that it is not sufficient for a police officer to claim that he was in "fear for his life or the lives of others" when using deadly force. An objectively clear threat must exist such that it is determined that any rational, reasonable police officer in that situation would have also used deadly force. Given that the unarmed and peaceful Ashli Babbit's small vertical leap in a public building did not objectively obligate the use of deadly force, the cowardly Lt. Byrd needs to be arraigned for the blatant murder that he committed.
