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Jo Sparks Outrage Over $5 Million Payout To Family Of Capitol Rioter Shot By Police

Online outrage has erupted over the controversial settlement of $5 million awarded for the families of Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was the woman...

Fury indeed reached boiling point when Right NOT Left entered with the bombshell: “But you had no problem genuflecting to scum bags…giving a life long criminal, George Floyd, a Royal Funeral…your selective outrage proves what a fucking waste of space you are.” And that said comment was basically the beginning of the whataboutism on steroids: replies then became a litany of other high-profile deaths and settlements into political currency. DrTaylorSpeaks_ passionately stated his perspective on the fairness of the issue: “What about Capitol policemen’s families who lost their loved ones…I’m sure nothing from this corrupted administration.” Others, including Mi_Astronauta, took a more nuanced position: “Ashli was wrong to be there…She should’ve been arrested and charged not killed,” as if to entertain the idea that the payout could be recognition that the officers might have been guilty of excessive force. Financial priorities emerged from the fray as the glaring topic, with sronholm stating “disgusting” misaligned values and Davcon1508 snarkily noting: “our tax dollars are paying this settlement towards a domestic terrorist.” These biting critiques have been hitting hardest amidst battles concerning the Trump administration’s cuts to federal spending on social programs.

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