Jack of Harts

We as a nation remembered the January 6 protest last week. Four protestors died that day, and we have seen one of those deaths on camera. The unarmed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt was part of a crowd that entered the Capitol and was going up a stairwell towards a line of three Capitol Police guarding a door into the inner workings of the building. This would setup one of the most famous scenes of the day, one that most of us have seen on the news due to the nature of the recording and the fact that it was quickly sold to two of the major networks.

John Sullivan is a self-proclaimed activist and journalist who took part in many BLM and antifa protests during 2020. After exhorting the crowd to enter the Capitol, he moved up the staircase to where he could cover the blocked door. He shouted at the police guarding it to get out of the way, and they stepped aside so the crowd could approach the door before walking down the stairs. A number of protestors tried to breach the unguarded door, and the window next to it. Ashli Babbitt began crawling through the shattered window when another Capitol Policeman on the other side of the door shot her in the neck and killed her. The Capitol Police walked back up the stairs to secure the scene in seconds and Ashli Babbitt’s body was carried out of the Capitol.

This year, Ashli Babbitt’s mother came to the Capitol to remember her daughter’s killing. She planned to place flowers as close as she could get to the Capitol, but it appears as if remembering those killed by the Capitol Police on or near Capitol grounds is frowned upon by the Capitol Police. They arrested Ashli Babbitt’s mother in front of cameras and took her to jail. She is according to the last report I have seen being charged with jaywalking. I would bid you all to remember Ashli Babbitt, her husband, her mother, and the rest of her family as they continue to live through the repercussions of her killing and everything around it.