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Montauk6

(8,087 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:47 PM Jan 2021

Before they try to make Ashli Babbitt some kind of martyred victim of police brutality... [View all]

Last edited Thu Jan 7, 2021, 06:49 PM - Edit history (1)

*She wasn't pulled over for a traffic violation.
*She wasn't sitting in her living room watching TV
*She wasn't selling items in a parking lot
*She wasn't walking home at night from a convenience store
*She wasn't shopping at Walmart
*She wasn't coming out of a night club.
*She wasn't arguing with someone on a subway.
*She wasn't playing with a toy gun in the park.
*She didn't pull out her wallet.
*She wasn't sleeping in her car.
*She wasn't sleeping in her bed.
*She WAS an active participant in a terrorist attack on the Capitol building.
Slight difference, but what do I know?

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Perfectly framed, M. blm Jan 2021 #1
Ah, but did she sell single cigs on the street? TheBlackAdder Jan 2021 #29
Did she run down to the corner store to get some Skittles and a soda ? magicarpet Jan 2021 #85
knew it. TheBlackAdder Jan 2021 #86
She came to help capture Pence for trial and execution dalton99a Jan 2021 #2
Yes. See data in my post, #19 Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #68
+1 dalton99a Jan 2021 #71
She was shot while breaking her oath to protect and defend the Constitution. TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #3
"Oath-Breaker" is a power word sanatanadharma Jan 2021 #10
Traitor is another powerful word. Lonestarblue Jan 2021 #28
Exactly NHvet Jan 2021 #30
So glad this is being brought up Rural_Progressive Jan 2021 #39
I remember being told NHvet Jan 2021 #47
Robert E Lee pretended his oath did not count because he resigned his commission. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #84
+100. nt dware Jan 2021 #51
"Without honor what are you?" kag Jan 2021 #55
but they do say there is honour among thieves so there is that... NHvet Jan 2021 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author Mustellus Jan 2021 #58
You are correct. When you break the law attacking TxVietVet Jan 2021 #77
What happened to oath breakers in The Lord of the Rings was epic. soldierant Jan 2021 #52
Sounds right to me. TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #57
It was in the movie. The last one, I think. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #91
It would, if in at all, be in the third movie soldierant Jan 2021 #92
AND amongst traitorous white-supremacist neo-NAZI domestic terroRists. nt Lock him up. Jan 2021 #87
There is a damning interview with a man standing next to her when she was shot. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #4
This NHvet Jan 2021 #33
Exactly. But she was special. She was a military vet and knew better. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #40
No gilligan Jan 2021 #48
Yep. She didn't know better I guess, she was was "special" because she was white. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #49
MAGA martyr Va Lefty Jan 2021 #5
+33. Harker Jan 2021 #32
No chance of that beyond her own sort, of course. Hortensis Jan 2021 #6
Fucking Q-anon-ers mis- using the US flag. Ilsa Jan 2021 #20
Yes, but beyond that she probably considered Hortensis Jan 2021 #23
ITA. She was in it to further "the cause," Ilsa Jan 2021 #79
I recommend people watch the video. There is one which shows the cop, the gun, the barricaded RockRaven Jan 2021 #7
K & R DLCWIdem Jan 2021 #8
Get thee to the greatest page, high up. NNadir Jan 2021 #9
Couldn't rec fast enough kcr Jan 2021 #11
She didn't have her back turned lame54 Jan 2021 #12
This lady was a terrorist who was in the process of committing a crime Gothmog Jan 2021 #13
BUT she was white. That :ahem: trumps everything else you mentioned. n/t TygrBright Jan 2021 #14
Excellent post. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2021 #15
Babbitt, not Bennett klook Jan 2021 #16
KnR..nt N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #17
Has the officer who shot her claimed "I feared for my life" yet? KS Toronado Jan 2021 #18
You seem to misunderstand the situation. Hortensis Jan 2021 #24
Sorry, I didn't misunderstand the situation, but confused it with cops usual excuse. KS Toronado Jan 2021 #74
The street-shooting excuse some get away with murder with. Sure. Hortensis Jan 2021 #75
Thanks, I just had a brain fart today and felt stupid after realizing it. KS Toronado Jan 2021 #96
Seriously, this whole thing is brain numbing, trying to Hortensis Jan 2021 #97
Yes, this whole thing is mind numbing KS Toronado Jan 2021 #115
Yes, sure hope those stay appalled. Don't suppose moderate cons Hortensis Jan 2021 #116
The officer was defending OUR Capital against an armed Insurrection. Tommymac Jan 2021 #35
What kind of fucking shit is this? dware Jan 2021 #54
Really? SammyWinstonJack Jan 2021 #100
She HAD a rap sheet, WAS subject 2 restraining orders & peace order, knew what she was doing Jan6 Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #19
uh huh. So you took matters into Roc2020 Jan 2021 #42
Wow. Thanks for posting all that. SunSeeker Jan 2021 #64
+1 dalton99a Jan 2021 #70
So she was no angel. Remember some reporter posted, "He was no angel," raccoon Jan 2021 #103
There seems to be a difference TimeToGo Jan 2021 #21
thank you for some clarity llashram Jan 2021 #22
I am sorry she is dead... sheshe2 Jan 2021 #56
yep llashram Jan 2021 #59
She was a vet who died for a 5-time draft dodger. SunSeeker Jan 2021 #65
She was also a vet who died for a man who doesn't give a fuck about her dware Jan 2021 #67
That's for fucking sure. nt SunSeeker Jan 2021 #72
Just another sucker and loser. n/t sarge43 Jan 2021 #112
+100. dware Jan 2021 #114
That's a bad ass rigg you got there, Gunny. sarge43 Jan 2021 #118
It's beyond me too, dware Jan 2021 #119
Good point. sheshe2 Jan 2021 #73
just another dead tRumpster, these brainwashed idiots are all dead to me anyway. nt yaesu Jan 2021 #25
She would have died... SergeStorms Jan 2021 #43
Babbit died a traitor. PatrickforO Jan 2021 #26
Very clear point! MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #78
Good content n/t hibbing Jan 2021 #27
Some of those rioters had weapons, including long guns and improvised explosives. LudwigPastorius Jan 2021 #31
Seeing a US flag on a baseball bat staff Harker Jan 2021 #36
Well said! Aviation91 Jan 2021 #34
Thanks for this. Tommymac Jan 2021 #37
No pity Woodwizard Jan 2021 #38
Absolutely right Rural_Progressive Jan 2021 #44
The false equivalencies are running rampant. SergeStorms Jan 2021 #41
I don't like vets that get shot Jetheels Jan 2021 #45
Outstanding post! 11 Bravo Jan 2021 #46
Much more of a David Koresh than a Breonna Taylor Major Nikon Jan 2021 #50
As far as I'm concerned franzwohlgemuth Jan 2021 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author BadgerMom Jan 2021 #60
Ashli Babbitt .equals. I blab batshit Blecht Jan 2021 #61
It doesn't matter if she was a vet Handler Jan 2021 #62
Excellent OP.. TY! Cha Jan 2021 #63
Best Post on DU. nt chowder66 Jan 2021 #66
K&R Blue Owl Jan 2021 #69
K&R UTUSN Jan 2021 #76
Victim? paleotn Jan 2021 #81
Fox is really playing up the victim angle. Nexus2 Jan 2021 #82
yeah but she was white. housecat Jan 2021 #83
At most, she was a victim Sparkly Jan 2021 #88
I don't understand why she was shot and nobody else was. Chemisse Jan 2021 #89
This was a different area Squidly Jan 2021 #101
Okay, thanks. Chemisse Jan 2021 #111
youre welcome Squidly Jan 2021 #120
K&R ck4829 Jan 2021 #90
Minority view USAF vet VladmireTrumpkins Jan 2021 #93
Wow. StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #104
Reply to StarfishSaver VladmireTrumpkins Jan 2021 #107
How did the agents on the other side of that window she was climbing through know she wasn't armed? StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #108
You dont get it VladmireTrumpkins Jan 2021 #109
I get it loud and clear StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #110
Well i guess in your mind I a liberal snowflake.. VladmireTrumpkins Jan 2021 #117
I dont know what video you saw.... Squidly Jan 2021 #121
But she was so young and pretty and white StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #122
Go back to Brietbart VladmireTrumpkins Jan 2021 #123
The difference is as clear as night and day, if you know what I mean... badboy67 Jan 2021 #94
And she knowingly kept advancing towards drawn guns, KNOWING they were there, BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #95
And she didn't have a broken taillight. And she wasn't breaking up a fight. And if she were black or Pinkflamingo Jan 2021 #98
She'd have been shot the minute she started to climb over the barricades StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #105
Exactly on point mdbl Jan 2021 #99
Thank you StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #102
And... wryter2000 Jan 2021 #106
K&R redstatebluegirl Jan 2021 #113
From the Hoarse Whisperer LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #124
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