That video changed my mind. I was totally willing to accept that Ashli Babbit was unjustly killed by bumbling Capital Hill security. Now, after seeing the entirety of the video and the various actions, it doesn't pass the smell test. As someone who has had basic first aid training, albeit three decades ago in the US military, these things stand out to me:

• No attempt to place victim on side in order to keep victim from choking on their own blood
• No one removed constrictive/concealing clothing, or in this case the flag tied around the neck was not removed
• No one exposed the wound to observe the extent of the injury
• No one checked for responsiveness, pulse or respiratory status
• No effort was made to stop the bleeding via compression (usually that would be done by placing your palm over the wound in this case since the supposed area of injury was the neck) - but then again, we never see the wound location actually being ascertained, it is only assumed

That's just the basic first aid aspect!

The "professional security" armed and in black Kevlar do absolutely nothing to lockdown or control the area.

It is not a risky assumption to think that surely the security personnel would have some means of communication which would preclude the insanity of someone on the other side of the door firing a firearm 8 feet away in their general direction utterly unexplainable.

No, this was theater, and poorly done.

That video changed my mind. I was totally willing to accept that Ashli Babbit was unjustly killed by bumbling Capital Hill security. Now, after seeing the entirety of the video and the various actions, it doesn't pass the smell test. As someone who has had basic first aid training, albeit three decades ago in the US military, these things stand out to me:

• No attempt to place victim on side in order to keep victim from choking on their own blood
• No one removed constrictive/concealing clothing, or in this case the flag tied around the neck was not removed
• No one exposed the wound to observe the extent of the injury
• No one checked for responsiveness, pulse or respiratory status
• No effort was made to stop the bleeding via compression (usually that would be done by placing your palm over the wound in this case since the supposed area of injury was the neck) - but then again, we never see the wound location actually being ascertained, it is only assumed

That's just the basic first aid aspect!

The "professional security" armed and in black Kevlar do absolutely nothing to lockdown or control the area.

It is not a risky assumption to think that surely the security personnel would have some means of communication which would preclude the insanity of someone on the other side of the door firing a firearm 8 feet away in their general direction utterly unexplainable.

No, this was theater, and poorly done.

That video changed my mind. I was totally willing to accept that Ashli Babbit was unjustly killed by bumbling Capital Hill security. Now, after seeing the entirety of the video and the various actions, it doesn't pass the smell test. As someone who has had basic first aid training, albeit three decades ago in the US military, these things stand out to me:

• No attempt to place victim on side in order to keep victim from choking on their own blood
• No one removed constrictive/concealing clothing, or in this case the flag tied around the neck was not removed
• No one exposed the wound to observe the extent of the injury
• No one checked for responsiveness, pulse or respiratory status
• No effort was made to stop the bleeding via compression (usually that would be done by placing your palm over the wound in this case since the supposed area of injury was the neck) - but then again, we never see the wound location actually being ascertained, it is only assumed That's just the basic first aid aspect! The "professional security" armed and in black Kevlar do absolutely nothing to lockdown or control the area. It is not a risky assumption to think that surely the security personnel would have some means of communication which would preclude the insanity of someone on the other side of the door firing a firearm 8 feet away in their general direction utterly unexplainable. No, this was theater, and poorly done.

That video changed my mind. I was totally willing to accept that Ashli Babbit was unjustly killed by bumbling Capital Hill security. Now, after seeing the entirety of the video and the various actions, it doesn't pass the smell test. As someone who has had basic first aid training, albeit three decades ago in the US military, these things stand out to me:

• No attempt to place victim on side in order to keep victim from choking on their own blood
• No one removed constrictive/concealing clothing, or in this case the flag tied around the neck was not removed
• No one exposed the wound to observe the extent of the injury
• No one checked for responsiveness, pulse or respiratory status
• No effort was made to stop the bleeding via compression (usually that would be done by placing your palm over the wound in this case since the supposed area of injury was the neck) - but then again, we never see the wound location actually being ascertained, it is only assumed That's just the basic first aid aspect! The "professional security" armed and in black Kevlar do absolutely nothing to lockdown or control the area. It is not a risky assumption to think that surely the security personnel would have some means of communication which would preclude the insanity of someone on the other side of the door firing a firearm 8 feet away in their general direction utterly unexplainable. No, this was theater, and poorly done.

That video changed my mind. I was totally willing to accept that Ashli Babbit was unjustly killed by bubling Capital Hill security. Now, after seeing the entirety of the video and the various actions, it doesn't pass the smell test.

As someone who has had basic first aid training, albeit three decades ago in the US military, these things stand out to me:

• No attempt to place victim on side in order to keep victim from choking on their own blood

• No one removed constrictive/concealing clothing, or in this case the flag tied around the neck was not removed

• No one exposed the wound to observe the extent of the injury

• No one checked for responsiveness, pulse or respiratory status

• No effort was made to stop the bleeding via compression (usually that would be done by placing your palm over the wound in this case since the supposed area of injury was the neck) - but then again, we never see the wound location actually being ascertained, it is only assumed

That's just the basic first aid aspect!

The "professional security" armed and in black Kevlar do absolutely nothing to lockdown or control the area.

It is not a risky assumption to think that surely the security personnel would have some means of communication which would preclude the insanity of someone on the other side of the door firing a firearm 8 feet away in their general direction utterly unexplainable.

No, this was theater, and poorly done.