Lt. Michael Byrd was the capitol police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed domestic terrorist Ashli Babbit in order to protect the members of Congress from attack. He was doing his job.
The attack was instigated, organized and carried out by Trump and his supporters. These were groups such as the Proud Boys, Ali Alexander’s “Stop the Steal”, Alex Jones, Amy Kremer’s and Ginnie Thomas’s Women for Trump, a few rogue members of the Oath Keepers and some members of Congress, who acted on behalf of Trump who lied knowing he had lost the election in 2020.
They had clear intent to stop the certification of an election they lost. They smashed windows, broke furniture, and defecated on floors and walls. They ransacked offices, stole documents and laptops, and said they were waiting for orders to hang Mike Pence and kill Nancy Pelosi. Outside they had erected a gallows with a noose, had planted pipe bombs in various places and were using chemical sprays and battering devices to attack the officers. They had a stash of guns in a nearby hotel and many had guns on them which were confiscated.
They injured 140 capitol police officers, some of whom died from their injuries, or dies by suicide because of their severity of their injuries.
Trump is an insurrectionist and per the 14th amendment of our US Constitution should never have been allowed to run for president again.
And those who followed him into this travesty should not be pardoned.