A RealClearInvestigations article names the probable shooter of Ashli Babbitt - a Lieutenant Michael L. Byrd who is commander of the House Chamber section of the Capitol Police. It includes a photo of a masked man holding a gun who is alleged to be Byrd, an African-American.
The article explains in very thorough detail why the Capitol Police are not required to release the name. It adds that normal police forces are required to reveal officers’ names in fatal shootings.
One has to wonder why the death of George Floyd at the hands of police was a big deal and the death of unarmed Ashli Babbitt under similar circumstances was not. Both were doing things they should not have been doing, in both cases the police overreacted, fatally.
It is hard to avoid concluding White Lives Don’t Matter is the unstated-but-real policy of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, to whom the Capitol Police report.
