The action is separate from a forthcoming suit in which Babbitt's family will demand 'well above $10 million' from the U.S. Capitol Police, their lawyer said.
The family of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt is suing to force Washington, D.C., to hand over records revealing the identity of the police officer who fatally shot her during the Jan. 6 invasion.
Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021.The family of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt is suing to force Washington, D.C., to hand over records revealing the identity of the police officer who fatally shot her during the Jan. 6 invasion.
A spokesman for the MPD declined CNBC's request for a statement, saying that the department does not comment on pending litigation. That forthcoming legal action will allege the USCP violated Babbitt's constitutional right against the use of excessive force "and possibly failure to train, discipline and supervise the officer who killed Babbitt," Roberts told CNBC in a previous email.This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration , provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff's Office, shows Ashli Babbitt.
"Based on that investigation, officials determined that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution," the DOJ said. She tried to climb head first through the broken glass window of a door separating the hallway from the lobby, which had been barricaded from the inside with furniture. Other members of the crowd had broken out chunks of glass on the doors while pounding on them "with their hands, flagpoles, helmets, and other objects," the DOJ's press release said.
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