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I do so want to see this trigger-happy son of a bitch in jail
Probably won't ever happen; however, Michael Byrd should be run him of law enforcement for the rest of his life. "Trump on Ashli Babbitt Shooting: 'I Think It's A Disgrace.'"How Byrd came to be on the scene as incident commander had a lot to do with the racial politics of DC. Some years back, Byrd fired shots into his own moving vehicle. Some teenagers had stolen it and were fleeing. Not the best of shots, Byrd sent a few stray bullets into the sides of nearby homes. An official investigation ruled that his use of force was unjustified. In another city, the officer gets canned. Not in Washington. Not Byrd.
In 2019, Byrd made the news when he left his Glock 22 in the Capitol Visitor’s Center. As many as twenty thousand people pass through the center on a given day. More troubling still, the Glock does not have a traditional safety. A child could have found it and fired it. According to Roll Call, Byrd told fellow officers, “I will be treated differently.” He was.
But Byrd is a poor, oh pressed black man, surely you don’t expect the same rules to apply to him the way they are for everybody else.
ReplyDeleteThe real cherry on top of this turd was the fact that he actually got promoted after this homicide. I read elsewhere that he also managed to squeeze some extra cash and benefits out of the police dept and/or the union. It got so ridiculous that even the other cops got pissed off at the guy.
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