This should be the paradigm for the investigation of an officer involved shooting for state and local departments.
Byrd should be thanking the stars above that he is not just another one of Biden’s state or local systemically racist cops and shot an unarmed woman. Byrd’s one of Biden’s good cops… he’s a federal cop. He protects the US congress not your local neighborhood block.
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“I believe I showed the utmost courage on Jan. 6,” U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd
…a D.C. MPD spokeswoman confirmed that Byrd did not cooperate with internal affairs agents or FBI agents, who jointly investigated what was one of the most high-profile officer-involved shooting cases in U.S. history.
Byrd declined to cooperate with D.C MPD Internal Affairs Division’s investigation…, his case eventually was turned over to the USCP for a final administrative review of whether or not his actions conformed with department policies and training.
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Byrd remains the commander in charge of security for the House of Representatives.
Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department would comment on whether they pressed Byrd after he insisted on remaining silent.
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations
January 11, 2022
When U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd went on “NBC Nightly News” to tell his side of shooting and killing unarmed Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, he made a point to note he’d been investigated by several agencies and exonerated for his actions that day.
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