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**Dr. Strangelove** · January 7, 2021, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by iam416 View Post

Sounds right.

This is reaction to the "nobody's been sentenced to 10 years for defacing monuments" comment, right?

**Dr. Strangelove** · January 7, 2021, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by THE_WIZARD_ View Post

Are we still discussing the staged riots?

Good stuff.

You're going full crashcourse? Never go full crashcourse.

**Ghengis Jon** · January 7, 2021, 07:17 PM

$700B+ spent on national defense and the Capitol falls to Duck Dynasty and a guy in a Chewbacca bikini.

**iam416** · January 7, 2021, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View Post

This is reaction to the "nobody's been sentenced to 10 years for defacing monuments" comment, right?

right

**Mike** · January 7, 2021, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by Ghengis Jon View Post

$700B+ spent on national defense and the Capitol falls to Duck Dynasty and a guy in a Chewbacca bikini.

Lol!

**Mike** · January 7, 2021, 07:33 PM

The Chief of Capitol Police is resigning effective Jan. 16.

**AlabamAlum** · January 7, 2021, 07:36 PM

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you...

**Hannibal** · January 7, 2021, 07:37 PM

Warning: graphic content

A new video angle shows Ashli Babbitt's final moments. She was shot while climbing through some sort of aperture. She was neither brandishing a weapon nor threatening anyone. She was not putting anyone in danger. You can't even see anyone on the other side of the door, so it's possible that a cop shot her from behind.

Anyhow, unlike Michael Brown, she was not shot trying to grab a cop's service weapon. Unlike the guy in Atlanta, she was not shot after a struggle in which she stole and fired a taser at the officers. Unlike George Floyd, she did not die of a fentanyl-induced heart attack. Unlike Ahmaud Arbery, she wasn't shot while trying to grab somebody's shotgun while out "'jogging". Unlike Breonna Taylor, she was not caught in the crossfire of a gunfight started by her lowlife drug dealing boyfriend.

In other words, unlike all of the illegitimate martyrs of BLM, she was given a death sentence for a minor offense.

You all watch the video for yourselves and decide whether it's legitimate use of force. Watch it soon, because it probably won't be up for long.

The picture below was previously assumed to be the aftermath of the shooting, but they aren't.. The guys in the picture didn't shoot anyone.

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**CGVT** · January 7, 2021, 07:44 PM

she was given a death sentence for a minor offense.

Minor offense? She was storming the fucking Capitol of the United States of America. She was the first one through the window. How many more were going to follow. Did the cop fear for his life? You bet your ass he did

This coming from the guy that defends every shooting that a cop or vigilante has ever made is rich.

You can't make this shit up.

**Hannibal** · January 7, 2021, 07:51 PM

Correction, there is another video that shows the shooter. He is to her left.

**Hannibal** · January 7, 2021, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by CGVT View Post

Minor offense? She was storming the fucking Capitol of the United States of America. She was the first one through the window. How many more were going to follow. Did the cop fear for his life? You bet your ass he did

This coming from the guy that defends every shooting that a cop or vigilante has ever made is rich.

You can't make this shit up.

No he didn't. Watch the video above showing the additional angle of the shot. The shooter wasn't in anything remotely resembling danger, nor was anyone else on the other side of the doorway.

The shooter carried out a death sentence on her, plain and simple.

**Hannibal** · January 7, 2021, 07:56 PM

Originally posted by CGVT View Post

This coming from the guy that defends every shooting that a cop or vigilante has ever made is rich.

I always side with the evidence. It just so happens that "unarmed" black men shot by cops are almost never actually unarmed, and "vigilante" killings are almost always legitimate self defense.

At any rate, if you think that Ashli Babbitt got what she deserved, then I'll take that as your endorsement for the police departments in Portland, Minneapolis, etc to bring out the machine guns and begin mowing down rioters by the dozen during the next period of civil unrest.

**CGVT** · January 7, 2021, 08:03 PM

Originally posted by Hannibal View Post

No he didn't. Watch the video above showing the additional angle of the shot. The shooter wasn't in anything remotely resembling danger, nor was anyone else on the other side of the doorway.

The shooter carried out a death sentence on her, plain and simple.

You have no idea what was going to happen if that door was breached.

You are wrong about every one of your examples. Every person of color was a thug that deserved it. A man gets shot for jogging through the wrong neighborhood and you defend it. The Nun who climbed through the window was a pure and innocent as the driven snow.

Your "evidence" is bullshit.

**froot loops** · January 7, 2021, 08:19 PM

Her death was tragic, we need more de-escalation tactics all across the board.

Again you should be waiting for all the facts to come out. For me the problem is the security were wholly unprepared, it was a predictable problem.

**Dr. Strangelove** · January 7, 2021, 08:30 PM

Couple things about where Babbit was when she got shot. She was climbing through the doorway into the Speaker's Lobby. Despite it being called that, it doesn't lead to Pelosi's office. It's called that because it's just off the House Chamber and is sort of a little museum to past Speakers. It's directly behind the giant podium everyone can see on tv

You can see a video of the area here

Behind-the-Scenes | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives

https://history.house.gov/Education/Capitol-Tour/Behind-the-Scenes-Tour/

Historic rooms and spaces fill all corners of the U.S. Capitol. Over time the uses of many Capitol spaces have changed and evolved to accommodate the growing size and the increasing diversity of the House. Two such rooms, the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women’s Reading Room and the Speaker’s Lobby and Members’ Retiring Room, have long histories closely tied to the institution’s development.A witness to more than two centuries of history, the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women’s Reading Room, a historic space northeast of Statuary Hall, once served as an office for Speakers, Clerks of the House, and committees. Since 1962, the suite has belonged to the Congresswomen of the House. In 1991, the room was named for Representative Lindy Boggs of Louisiana following her retirement.In 1857, the House moved to the new south wing of the Capitol. Just a few decades later, walls were torn down (sending the Speaker to office space down the hall) to create a new, airy lounging space near the Chamber: the combined Speaker’s Lobby and Members’ Retiring Room.A Space for CongresswomenWithin the U.S. Capitol—just off National Statuary Hall—resides the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room. The room has two centuries of history and was named in honor of a Representative with a 50-year association with Congress. Today, it serves as a place for gathering, rest, and refreshment for female Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. In this video, House Curator Farar Elliott recounts the history of the space.The Speaker’s LobbyThe Speaker's Lobby—situated directly outside the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol—is a long corridor featuring portraits of past Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives. In this video, House Curator Farar Elliott describes and recounts the history of the space.ResourcesThe Lindy Claiborne Boggs RoomRead how and why this room off of Statuary Hall became a space reserved for women Members.Speaker’s Rooms in the CapitolDiscover the many rooms and spaces used by the Speaker of the House over time.Members’ Dining RoomTake a look at the room set aside for Members to dine at the House.The Death of John Quincy Adams of MassachusettsOn February 21, 1848, Representative and former President John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts suffered a fatal stroke on the House Floor. Members moved the 80-year-old former President to the Rotunda for fresher air and then relocated him to the Speaker's Room (the present day Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women’s Reading Room). He then lapsed into a coma and died two days later.John Quincy Adams Box SofaAlso referred to as the Adams sofa, this sturdy piece has been in the Capitol since the 1840s. The colloquial name derives from its role in John Quincy Adams’s death in 1848.Weathering Washington By Watching the WeatherFor a century, the weather map in the Members’ Retiring Room—just outside the House Chamber—became a social nexus for Members and House staff alike, many of whom wanted to know the conditions back home.

The man who shot her appears to be standing in the doorway of the first entrance into the House chamber where members were reportedly still sheltering in place.

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