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Fat_Moco [S] 6 points ago +6 / -0

I was in the ARMY. I was deployed on missions where I was carrying a weapon and ammunition. It is standard protocol that every government official, military, police and Federal agent authorized to use lethal force MUST be given the rules of engagement or Rules of use of lethal force.

If those rules are violated then the violator is subject to homicide law.

Here is the rare exception: when the person in charge orders the agent to shoot. Now this does not excuse this murderer - he's guilty of following an unlawful order, on top of the murder itself.

But we need to know who ordered the shot as well. Probably they know all about staging an insurrection.

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DudePlayingaDude 4 points ago +4 / -0

Veteran as well. There were heavily armed Capitol Police behind her who could have stopped her at any point in time. No one was in any kind of danger. This was murder.

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Fat_Moco [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

good point - had they made any attempt to arrest her, she would have either backed away from the window or complied with orders.

No attempt to arrest: to me this indicates that the police around her had no idea that it would lead to her death. They were simply under orders to stand-down.

The killer in the suit was under different orders.