XPost: alt.survival, alt.law-enforcement, alt.politics.republicans   
   From: Ken@invalid.com   
      
   Person Familiar With the Matter wrote:   
   > In one of his autopen’s last acts before Joe Biden left office was to   
   > pardon Capt. Mike Byrd, the DC officer who shot and killed January 6   
   > protester Ashli Babbitt in cold blood during the protests on Capitol   
   > Hill on January 6, 2021.   
   >   
   > As TGP’s Brian Lupo noted, video evidence captured Byrd shooting an   
   > unarmed Babbitt without warning as she attempted to climb through a   
   > narrow window near a barricaded entryway to the Speaker of the House’s   
   > office area in the U.S. Capitol.   
   >   
   > Following an investigation, Byrd was cleared of any wrongdoing, although   
   > questions remain about the escalation to lethal force without attempts   
   > to subdue or detain Babbitt.   
   >   
   > In the video, other armed law enforcement officers are visible in the   
   > background, appearing available to provide backup if needed.   
   >   
   > In addition to Byrd leaving his Glock 22 service weapon in a Visitor’s   
   > Center bathroom in February 2019, Byrd also had his police powers   
   > revoked on several occasions for failing to meet semi-annual firearms   
   > qualifications standards.   
   >   
   > Byrd expressed defiance after being pressed about killing Babbitt during   
   > a NBC interview months following the killing. He claimed that he saved   
   > “countless lives” by killing Babbitt.   
   >   
   > He also whined that he has been getting death threats since killing the   
   > Air Force veteran. The officer said that it was “disheartening” and that   
   > he was simply “doing my job.”   
   >   
   > On Tuesday, investigative journalist Paul Sperry discovered recently and   
   > posted on Tuesday that Former Lt., now Captain Mike Byrd, has been   
   > running an unaccredited day-care center with his wife in their Maryland   
   > home since 2008. That is nearly 17 years!   
   >   
   > The Byrds have received $190 million in this HHS day-care scheme.   
   >   
   > https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/developing-lt-michael   
   byrd-who-shot-ashli-babbitt/   
   >   
      
      
      
   I hope he is not as quick to shoot and unruly child as he was Ashli   
   Babbitt.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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