{"id":812,"date":"2024-01-13T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=812"},"modified":"2024-01-17T06:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:38:03","slug":"politics_detail_5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=812","title":{"rendered":"POLITICS_DETAIL_5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">POLITICS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\"><strong>JANUARY 7, 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ashli Babbitt\u2019s Family Is Suing the Government Over Her Death During the January 6 Riot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Babbitt\u2019s estate and her family are being represented by attorneys for the right-wing watchdog group Judicial Watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/chomaruss-web.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-816 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>RUSS CHOMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"557\" src=\"http:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240107Babbitt.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\" style=\"width:922px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240107Babbitt.webp 990w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240107Babbitt-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240107Babbitt-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>zz\/STRF\/STAR MAX\/IPx<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The family<\/strong>&nbsp;of Ashli Babbitt, the January 6 rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police Officer during the attack on the US Capitol, is&nbsp;suing&nbsp;the federal government for wrongful death. The lawsuit, which was filed on the three-year anniversary of the storming of the capitol by Trump supporters aiming to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden\u2019s election, asks for $30 million in damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babbitt was shot by Capitol Police Officer Lt. Michael Byrd, who was part of a security detail protecting fleeing members of Congress.&nbsp;According to reports, Babbitt was shot when she lifted herself up into the broken window frame of a door that was being battered by rioters. A lawyer for Byrd&nbsp;told&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>&nbsp;that Byrd\u2019s actions might have saved the lives of members of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe stopped the final surge of rioters that were mere steps from members of Congress,\u201d [Mark E.] Schamel said. \u201cIt is not hard to imagine the impact on our democracy had these rioters been able to reach their intended targets: sitting members of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Capitol Police have previously praised Byrd for his actions and an internal review found no wrongdoing on his part. A further investigation by federal prosecutors found that Babbitt\u2019s civil rights were not violated in the shooting, although that is what the new lawsuit argues. Babbitt\u2019s estate and her family are being represented by attorneys for the right-wing watchdog group&nbsp;Judicial Watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashli Babbitt\u2019s Family Is Suing the Government Over Her Death During the January 6 Riot RUSS CHOMA Reporter The family&nbsp;of Ashli Babbitt, the January 6 rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police Officer during the attack on the US Capitol, is&nbsp;suing&nbsp;the federal government for wrongful death. The lawsuit, which was filed on&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/?page_id=812\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">POLITICS_DETAIL_5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":436,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions\/896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecasia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}