2mo ago

U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt

www.inquirer.com

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2mo ago

U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt

www.inquirer.com /news/nation-world/january-6-riots-ashli-babbitt-lawsuit-20250519.html

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Terrorist. There should never be a story with her name without mentioning that she was a terrorist who was killed in defense of the Capitol building.
- Not a terrorist after a terrorist from there same faction gets into the highest pubic office.
  Unfortunately/sadly I'm not even being sarcastic. That is just how it works, what next gens get taught, & what the majority just accepts over time (until the regime change).
  We ~~still~~ celebrate plenty of historical monsters.
  
  Words have meaning. Terrorists are terrorists even after they take power. You're not wrong, though.
How much are her family going to pay to the families of the other deceased from that day ? Maybe all that were incarcerated should be fined millions of dollars to help pay for compensation. Fuckwits the lot of them.
There's a paywall on the article, but how the fuck is the woman who attempted to breach a door against armed security and got shot for it entitled to compensation???
- Because she was one of "Dear Leader's" followers. Same reason why the orange fucktard pardoned everybody else who broke into the capitol.
  
  So it's not that her family won a court case or anything? The government just decided to give them compensation?
  
  they needed to placate thier rabid magats somehow, this is a way to do it.
- I got you https://share.inquirer.com/o92LoO
Why are we giving money to a insurrectionist traitor?
- You know why
US is so corrupt.
What complete bullshit.
Why do the systems we depend on to run a fair society always give so much of our taxes to the worst people?
- The YouTube creator CGPGrey has a video that's an easy to digest summary of power structures and the incentives throughout. It's the answer to your question.
  https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs
- Are you new here? It's how this has always been.
- Holy shit.
None should have been pardoned and more should have been shot on Jan 6
Still paying reparations to traitors, rather than victims.
She must have called that kid in the park an N-word SO MANY TIMES to get that much...
- She must have called that kid at the Capitol an N-word SO MANY TIMES to get that much...
WHY???
- Because Trump believes she was a patriot who was wrongly killed by capitol police.
for fucking what?
“Trump Administration Funds Terrorism” - FIFY
OH NO, THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING YOUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS TO ANTIFA!!!
On the up side, maybe this will lead to more Ashli Babbitts
Orders from on high to settle for a nice tidy sum? Can't exactly trust this justice department.

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