”In many instances, when a law enforcement officer kills an individual for any reason, that officer’s name is publicly released. There is then an investigation and the public is given updates, briefings and ultimately a copy of the investigation. But not in the case of Ashli Babbitt. Instead, there is a determined effort to cover up the full circumstances of this homicide and the American people won’t stand for it,” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Rep. Paul Gosar has doubled down on his fierce criticism of the police response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, calling for an investigation into the death of a protester shot by a Capitol police officer.
“Six months ago today, Ashli Babbitt, a 110-pound woman with nothing in her hands, not a rock, not a stick or a bat, was shot dead by a still unknown Capitol Hill police officer. Her death has been ruled a homicide. Yet, we have very little information about her death. Our fake news media has asked no questions or sought information about this tragedy. So, I have. And now President Trump has joined me in seeking the truth,” said Gosar this week in a press release.
He called on the Justice Department to release the name of the officer who fired a single shot as Babbitt attempted to push through a broken window to get into the anteroom outside the chambers where lawmakers were being evacuated.
BAD SHOOTING. BY A BAD COP. @ForAshli pic.twitter.com/B5JDHlsva3
— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) July 6, 2021
The U.S. Justice Department in April declined to bring any criminal charges against the unnamed officer after an investigation lasting several months.