"Ashli Babbitt, shot while breaching a barricaded doorway during the January 6 attack, is framed by Trump as a victim of unjust state violence. Her conduct is treated as incidental. Context is stripped away. The asymmetry did not stop at rhetoric. Trump and his White House publicly identified the Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt, despite longstanding norms protecting officers involved in use-of-force incidents."
"On the five year anniversary of a dark day in US history, the Trump White House published government-sanctioned falsehoods about January 6 on WhiteHouse.gov, claiming many defendants were guilty of nothing more than peacefully walking through the Capitol and that nine people lost their lives for peaceful protest. Courts found hundreds guilty of assaulting officers, obstructing Congress, and coordinating violent breachesverdicts based on hours of video showing officers beaten with flagpoles and lawmakers fleeing."
Donald Trump and his administration treated Ashli Babbitt as a victim and martyr while shielding the unnamed ICE agent who killed Renee Good. The White House publicly identified the Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt, exposing him to political targeting, while the ICE officer remains protected from identification. WhiteHouse.gov promoted false claims minimizing January 6 defendants’ violence and elevated a contested minority House report over jury verdicts and sworn testimony. Courts convicted hundreds for assaulting officers, obstructing Congress, and coordinating violent breaches, based on hours of video showing officers beaten and lawmakers fleeing.
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