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submitted 11 hours ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot, according to a person with knowledge of the settlement. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss with The Associated Press terms of a settlement that have not been made public.

The settlement would resolve the $30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt’s estate filed last year in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 6, 2021, a Capitol police officer shot Babbitt as she tried to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby.

The officer who shot her was cleared of wrongdoing by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia, which concluded that he acted in self-defense and in the defense of members of Congress. The Capitol Police also cleared the officer.

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago

We all saw the video.

Babbitt was clearly at the head of a violent, angry mob, and it boggles the senses that anyone felt she or her family were entitled to my hard-earned tax dollars to absolve her of her violent, idiotic stupidity.

[-] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 hours ago

Wait, I thought she was a radical antifa liberal who infiltrated a peaceful demonstration to try and cause chaos?

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

So wrong. She was part of BLM.

[-] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 8 points 10 hours ago

That woman was a menace and was constantly fucking around. She did find out, eventually.

[-] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

The headline should be: Taxpayer money to pay off A.B.'s lawsuit against the secret agents who shot her during an invasion.

Nothing is coming from Trump.

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