Ashli Babbitt's family plans to sue Capitol Police and officer who fatally shot her

From Washington Examiner.com (April 29):

The family of Ashli Babbitt, the 14-year Air Force veteran who was killed while participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, is planning to sue the U.S. Capitol Police and the officer who fatally shot her for at least $10 million.

The revelation of her family's litigation plans comes nearly two weeks after the Justice Department announced there would be no criminal charges filed against the officer who killed the 35-year-old Babbitt.

It has yet to be determined when, or in which court, the civil lawsuit against the department would be filed, Babbitt's family's attorney Terrell Roberts told CNBC on Thursday.

Roberts said the $10 million figure is an estimate of financial losses, including the value of Babbitt's "services to her husband and combined with Ashli’s potential income if she would have lived."

"A potential for recovery for non-pecuniary losses is also factored in the amount," Roberts said.

Babbitt was among the crowd of hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump who rushed into the Capitol in early January, interrupting Congress's efforts to certify President Joe Biden's 2020 victory.

She was in a hallway outside the Speaker's Lobby, which leads to the House chamber, just before she was fatally shot. As seen in bystander video, Babbitt attempted to climb headfirst through the broken glass window of a door separating the hallway from the lobby before she was shot in the left shoulder by an officer inside the lobby. She was later transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she died.

Mark Schamel, an attorney for the officer who shot Babbitt, claimed in February, "There’s no way to look at the evidence and think he’s anything but a hero.” [read more]

The family deserves to know who killed her and why. Why has the officer’s identity remained a secret? Is this was not a Capitol Police officer his identity would have been revealed already. Is his union (I am assuming he is in one) covering up his identity? And what about Congress. Why aren’t they demanding his identity? Oh, wait. Those in power probably think of the Capitol Police as their own private bodyguards and Babbitt as an insurrectionist, so, they will protect the officer no matter what. He was just doing his duty even though she was unarmed and not breaking any laws. The officer is no hero. I think he panicked. Maybe he is a rookie. I don’t know because the public doesn’t know his identity! The public will never know for sure because there’ll never be any trial to find out the motive. I don’t think there was even an investigation.