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Podcast: The Andrew Branca Show
Episode: Sad but True: Jan. 6 Shooting of Ashli Babbitt was Legally Justified
Description: I’ve been receiving a virtual tsunami of requests to do a use of force legal analysis of the shooting death of January 6 protestor Ashli Babbitt by Capital Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd as Babbitt appeared to be attempting to violently breach the barricaded doorway being guarded by Byrd.In fact, I did a detailed legal analysis of this shooting only days after it occurred—"Capital Hill Shooting of Ashli Babbitt: Murder or Justified?” (Jan. 12, 2021)—although as with most of our content, access to that analysis was restricted to Law of Self Defense Members, who had t...