Ashli Babbitt s Lawyers Say Capitol Rioter Was Not an Immediate Threat When Shot
On 4/15/21 at 6:48 AM EDT
Lawyers for Ashli Babbitt have accused the Department of Justice of providing inconsistent reasons for their decision not to charge the officer who shot and killed her during the Capitol riots on January 6.
Babbitt, 35, was part of the mob of Donald Trump supporters that stormed the building while Congress was preparing to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election.
Footage of the moment when Babbitt was shot was widely shared online. It showed rioters trying to break through a glass door separating a hallway from the Speaker s Lobby and Chamber.
The opposition parties are against the proposed online meeting of BMC s standing committee.
MUMBAI: Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Samajwadi party leaders in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC have objected to the Shiv Sena-led standing committee s decision to hold its weekly meeting online via Zoom platform.
The opposition parties said that while the government is allowing 25 people to attend weddings, the meeting should also be allowed offline by following Covid-appropriate norms as the standing committee has only 26 members across party lines.
Samajwadi party leader Rai Shaikh alleged that Sena and civic administration want to conduct the meeting online so as to evade tough questions from the opposition members pertaining to huge purchases being made in the name of Covid-19, the recent Bhandup blaze which killed nine people and also the reinstatement of engineers who were dismissed following the Kamala Mills restaurant blaze.
File Photo: President of indian national congress- Rahul Gandhi.
NEW DELHI: Amid surging Covid cases, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the government on shortage of beds and ventilators in hospitals.
Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet, There is no test, no bed in the hospital, no ventilators, no oxygen, no vaccine, bus Utsav ka dhong hai (a festive pretence). PM cares?
Rahul Gandhi s comments came after India reported an unprecedented surge in Covid with 2,00,739 cases recorded on Thursday, the biggest single-day spike ever, taking the overall tally of infections 1,40,74,564, according to the Health Ministry data.
The former Congress president has been critical of the government on the issue of Covid management.
Ajit Mangaraj
BHUBANESWAR: The byelection to the Pipili assembly seat in Puri district has been countermanded following the death of Congress nominee, Ajit Mangaraj (52), of Covid-19 pneumonia at a private hospital here on Wednesday. The polling was scheduled on Saturday.
Chief electoral officer Sushil Kumar Lohani said the Election Commisison of India (ECI) will notify the new date for the bypoll. It has been countermanded as is the rule in case of the death of candidate of any recognised political party. “The ECI will decide on the new date. The Congress will get an opportunity to field its new candidate as is the norm. The nominations of other candidates will remain intact.”