Government Confirms It Can Murder American Citizens

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       Zeno Potas

      Murdering American citizens has been affirmed by it’s government officials. This something that we knew since the Obama years when he deliberately killed two Americans. As recently as last year the government was in court where a lawyer for the United States argued Monday that the government has the power to kill its citizens without judicial oversight. “Do you appreciate how extraordinary that proposition is?” U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett asked Justice Department attorney Bradley Hinshelwood, paraphrasing his claim as giving the government the ability to “unilaterally decide to kill U.S. citizens.” Apparently not - not when the government is saying it can engage in extrajudicial, extraterritorial killings of US citizens and other non-terrorists.

      The most recent murder by government officers happen on January 6 when U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot dead an Air Force veteran. Ashli Babbitt was just 5’2″ and 110 pounds and unarmed and was shot dead while trying to climb through a broken window into the Speaker’s Lobby, adjacent to the House chamber. An arrest could have easily been accomplished by a single officer with a set of handcuffs. There were multiple officers there. However, the officer who shot Ashli never attempted to arrest her. Nor did he call on his fellow officers to arrest her. Instead, he fired a shot into her chest and killed her instantly. U.S. Capitol Police officers were told not to use their most aggressive tactics or certainly not deadly force to stop the mob but he did anyway. The murderer, a police lieutenant, whose name has been kept secret, claims he fears for the safety and his life.

      This week the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division decided jointly not to pursue charges against the officer. Even though the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled last week that Babbitt’s death was caused by the gunshot, which hit her left shoulder and the manner of death was homicide. The government statement read: “Based on that investigation, officials determined that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.” This sounds more like Putin’s Russia than the United States. Apparently the “civil rights division” only works for people of color in today’s Amerika. If ever there was a load of crap it was from the officer’s attorney who issued this statement: “As unfortunate as it is that the lieutenant had to resort to deadly force, he fired only one shot at the only person who breached the locked doors and makeshift barricade that had been erected. He did so after clearly identifying himself and ordering the mob not to come through the barricade.” He was acting within his training,” Schamel said. “Lethal force is appropriate if the situation puts you or others in fear of imminent bodily harm.” Bodily harm from an unarmed, 5 foot 2 inch, 110 pound woman? “The lieutenant exercised professionalism and fantastic restraint, said Mark Schamel, a lawyer representing the officer. The Attorney’s Office and U.S. Department of Justice have therefore closed the investigation into this matter.

 

 

Unarmed Ashli Babbitt gunned down from her left. Never saw it coming.

 

      Well now just this week a white suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. The Brooklyn Center police chief has said that it was a mistake, that Potter, a 26-year veteran and training officer, intended to use her Taser on Wright but fired her handgun instead. A mistake gets you charged with second-degree manslaughter but deliberately gun down a white woman and you get praise? This is today’s America.

       Lawyers for Babbitt’s family say the shooting was not justified. In a written statement, they said that universal law enforcement standard outlines how officers should use no more force than necessary to accomplish a lawful purpose. Witnesses confirmed that the officer did not give Ashli a single verbal warning prior to firing. In fact, Ashli was not even aware that the officer was present, as he was located in the doorway of a room off to the side of her field of vision. Like a sniper, he took her out. The officer still has not been identified by officials or in news reports. He is reportedly in hiding out of fear for his safety.   

       Terrell Roberts, an attorney for the family stated, “I find it to be baffling given the circumstances that it’s a clear case of shooting an unarmed person without any legal justification, but I have no idea what went into their decision.” Under these circumstances the family plans to move forward with a civil lawsuit against the officer for excessive use of force. The lawsuit would allege constitutional violations including excessive use of force. Meanwhile the eight-foot tall steel fence topped with concertina razor wire still circles the U.S. Capitol protecting a government that only the masters and their minions believe is legitimate. The death rattle of the states that were united can now clearly be heard.