Ashli Babbitt: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

She was a veteran, a QAnon conspiracy weirdo, and shot in the throat or chest by – reportedly – a plain clothes Capitol police officer not because she was waving a gun around or carrying a karambit, but because she was going through a window.

You can see her get shot at about 0:41 in this video (at least until it gets memory holed):

After a year of being told that arson and murder are just the way change is made, and perfectly acceptable ways for people to express their political views, I remain unconvinced that the government executing someone for trespassing is entirely a good thing. Were the  police working under Castle Doctrine? Is there a duty to retreat in D.C.?

Also: Get ready for a whole lot of this sort of thing:

And let’s see if this stays up:

The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable.

Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows.

To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable… that’s the point.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 2, 2020