#ashli-babbitt

#ashli-babbitt

Ashli Babbitt, shot while breaching a barricaded doorway during the January 6 attack, is framed by Trump as a victim of unjust state violence. Her conduct is treated as incidental. Context is stripped away. The asymmetry did not stop at rhetoric. Trump and his White House publicly identified the Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt, despite longstanding norms protecting officers involved in use-of-force incidents.

"The Trump administration has reportedly reached an agreement to pay nearly $5m to the family of the woman who was fatally shot by police..."