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Lunabell

(7,309 posts) Wed Jan 6, 2021, 08:41 PM Jan 2021

About the woman who died...RIP you didn't deserve to die. [View all]

Unless she had a gun drawn, she shouldn't have been shot. The amount of glee on this site over her death disturbs me. We are better than that.

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About the woman who died...RIP you didn't deserve to die. [View all] Lunabell Jan 2021 OP

I haven't seen much glee, just shrugs. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #1

play stupid games, win stupid prizes RAB910 Jan 2021 #2

I'm not ... but I'm glad some others are. Not telling anyone how to feel about it :) nt mr_lebowski Jan 2021 #3

Bullshit BadDog40 Jan 2021 #4

Agreed Mystery sage Jan 2021 #31

Well said! nt Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #151

like hell she didn't. uncle ray Jan 2021 #5

I wonder why out of everyone she got shot? soothsayer Jan 2021 #6

A witness said that the SS or police told her to move back from the main chamber and she refused Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #25

Huh, she looked to be climbing through a window soothsayer Jan 2021 #30

Right, that is what the witness said, they were in front of a window near the chamber. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #32

Oh a window near the chamber soothsayer Jan 2021 #34

She shoved thru a duffel bag and then started to climb thru Nevilledog Jan 2021 #37

And considering that 2 explosive devices had already been found, dware Jan 2021 #41

Exactly. Could have been anything in the duffle. Guns, bombs, ammo. Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #94

She is a military vet so could have access and knowledge of weapons. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #127

She was climbing into Pelosi's office mcar Jan 2021 #126

All she had to do is just obey the cops. Isn't that what they always say about blacks getting Solomon Jan 2021 #124

In the Reddit video I posted in another thread, she was trying to climb into the chamber. OnlinePoker Jan 2021 #38

Jesus. Sixteen. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2021 #48

Not too many 16 year old military vets in the U.S. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #154

No she wasn't, she served in the AF for 14 years obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #174

I Didn't Know The Air Force Was Recruiting Toddlers /s smb Jan 2021 #181

Can you please share the video here? SMC22307 Jan 2021 #54

here (warning, it's VERY graphic) Celerity Jan 2021 #83

Not to stir anything up but... Montauk6 Jan 2021 #88

everything I have seen said it was the Secret Service, and they warned them to stop trying to Celerity Jan 2021 #96

Considering that 2 explosive devices had been found earlier, dware Jan 2021 #103

Thank you. SMC22307 Jan 2021 #93

No, she wasn't 16. Denzil_DC Jan 2021 #116

32 at the youngest Retrograde Jan 2021 #122

Evidently this is the woman who was killed... SMC22307 Jan 2021 #117

Army veteran with intelligence experience. She knew better. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #128

I learned in another thread she's a Q loon. SMC22307 Jan 2021 #130

Right. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #131

Air Force, not Army Yeehah Jan 2021 #168

oops sorry, thanks for the correction! nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #184

No she wasn't, she served in the AF for 14 years obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #172

She looked to be the only one climbing through the window fleur-de-lisa Jan 2021 #44

Someone pointed out that she was trying to push a bag through the window. Blue_true Jan 2021 #67

Yep. dware Jan 2021 #81

I wonder what the people saying that she should not have been shot Blue_true Jan 2021 #198

Oh, I think it's a safe bet on what they would have said. nt dware Jan 2021 #200

Exactly. Could have been weapons of some sort. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #185

GRAPHIC -- They battered their way through internal security doors and windows Apollo Zeus Jan 2021 #193

I'll admit it Silent3 Jan 2021 #7

Being dumb can be fatal. She woke up this morning not expecting it to be her last day. idziak4ever1234 Jan 2021 #8

I agree. She was young. Send her to prison but don't shoot her. It was in the Capitol, a s Walleye Jan 2021 #9

You know what she was a danger to others. She should not have stormed the Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #65

Of course. But we can't regret the loss of life? Walleye Jan 2021 #75

She had a bag with her. What if that was a bomb? Should they have let her set it off? nt Blue_true Jan 2021 #76

I'm sure that whoever shot her will be going over that question in their mind for the rest of their Walleye Jan 2021 #78

the problem with that is she could have been carrying a gun when she broken into the capital rockfordfile Jan 2021 #86

That's true she brought it on herself, but it's still a tragedy Walleye Jan 2021 #91

Yes, it was a tragedy but not the part of her getting shot and killed JI7 Jan 2021 #145

play stupid games demtenjeep Jan 2021 #10

Shit happens when you storm the capital. Cobalt Violet Jan 2021 #11

You got that right. (n/t) SMC22307 Jan 2021 #51

I agree rockfordfile Jan 2021 #87

I think that's where I'm at too. If you storm the Capitol building ecstatic Jan 2021 #115

I sure saw a lot of glee among those animals as they ransacked our Capitol building. Aristus Jan 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author AngryOldDem Jan 2021 #66

She was participating in a criminal assault with Downtown Hound Jan 2021 #13

Disagree. Drahthaardogs Jan 2021 #14

Yeah. Who knew what she was planning--any of them? BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #23

What she was planning? BGBD Jan 2021 #120

That's my point though--law enforcement didn't know BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #121

Ok BGBD Jan 2021 #143

Grabbing a cops taser is not enough treestar Jan 2021 #136

Being part of a vigilante mob Drahthaardogs Jan 2021 #140

She was shot while trying to push a duffle bag through the broken window, dware Jan 2021 #15

Exactly. blm Jan 2021 #17

I feel no joy. MontanaFarmer Jan 2021 #16

I really dont care.... SammyWinstonJack Jan 2021 #18

People die everyday keithsw Jan 2021 #19

Thank you for saying that. tinrobot Jan 2021 #20

I commend your kindness. Frasier Balzov Jan 2021 #21

Look, if violent mobs are breaking into secure place with elected officials as targets, you don't Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #22

Many people died during the BLM protests oro Jan 2021 #24

She was apparently or had pushed a bag through the broken window. Blue_true Jan 2021 #90

No glee Bettie Jan 2021 #26

Given how often on this board I've had to defend unarmed black men shot dead by the police StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #134

I get that too Bettie Jan 2021 #141

It's downright amazing that only one person was shot StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #142

Yes, there would have been Bettie Jan 2021 #161

They planned on executing staffers kcr Jan 2021 #27

They did? What's your source for that? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 #40

LOL kcr Jan 2021 #58

This? sheshe2 Jan 2021 #114

Really, they were planning to execute people in the capitol...why the hell were they allowed to walk Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #69

Good question kcr Jan 2021 #72

Agree... Mike Nelson Jan 2021 #28

Nope! Nt USALiberal Jan 2021 #29

she looked young d_b Jan 2021 #33

She literally died wearing a Trump flag as a cape. BannonsLiver Jan 2021 #61

She was in the Air Force fpr 14 years, she was not a kid obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #176

Nope, not that young. cwydro Jan 2021 #182

I just read about it. d_b Jan 2021 #190

Totally disgusting what happened. Initech Jan 2021 #35

+100000000000000000000000000000000 x 4 AmyStrange Jan 2021 #36

-999999999999999999999999999 USALiberal Jan 2021 #56

??? AmyStrange Jan 2021 #64

I didn't claim to be better than her UnderThisLaw Jan 2021 #39

I want to know some Real News about her before passing judgment. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #42

It wasn't a stupid game. It was a part of her act of treason. Ilsa Jan 2021 #43

I feel badly she ignored the better angels of her nature. LanternWaste Jan 2021 #45

She bought the ticket, she took the ride. BannonsLiver Jan 2021 #46

She breached the Capital. It was an attack on all of us. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #47

If a black man deserved to be shot in the back because he tried to get back into his car StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #49

Well said. oro Jan 2021 #119

If you are ok with the one treestar Jan 2021 #146

No, I'm not StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #149

I disagree with your point. I think you are using a Faulty Comparison Fallacy irisblue Jan 2021 #163

You know who else didn't deserve to die? Heather Heyer and Summer Taylor to name a couple. Autumn Jan 2021 #50

+100. nt dware Jan 2021 #85

Breonna Taylor didn't deserve to die Retrograde Jan 2021 #129

No many didn't deserve to die. But IMO this woman deserved what she got. I feel no sympathy Autumn Jan 2021 #132

No one said they did treestar Jan 2021 #135

When they are breaking into the Capital through a window pushing in a large duffel yeah cops can Autumn Jan 2021 #139

I hate Republicans treestar Jan 2021 #148

The Capitol police should have never let it get that far JonLP24 Jan 2021 #152

Anybody rioting who crawls through a broken window in the Capitol while they are in session Autumn Jan 2021 #175

I get your perspective. David__77 Jan 2021 #52

I also read that a window was broken and she was attempting to shove a backpack or duffle... ginny skinny Jan 2021 #53

She could also be the basis of felony murder charges coti Jan 2021 #55

Unless one is very young and/or mentally deficient, I'm not going to feel sorry. Kaleva Jan 2021 #57

One of the videos (reposted from twitter here on DU) drmeow Jan 2021 #59

It is bad her cause was not noble. Trump has changed everything, Baked Potato Jan 2021 #60

Someone said that she was pushing something into the window. Blue_true Jan 2021 #62

If she breached the building then ZERO sympathy. Nt helpisontheway Jan 2021 #63

Boo-fucking-woo tenderfoot Jan 2021 #68

I'm sorry she died... but 100% predictable NT Happy Hoosier Jan 2021 #70

It is what is... HipChick Jan 2021 #71

There will be more sympathy for her including among white people on the left JI7 Jan 2021 #73

Sad but true. Tamir Rice was a child. This woman joined an insurrection and stormed the capitol. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #79

especially the OP tenderfoot Jan 2021 #80

Yep. It's predictable kcr Jan 2021 #84

I agree Raine Jan 2021 #74

Sorry, having a hard time finding sympathy. AngryOldDem Jan 2021 #77

From what I can tell she wasn't threatening anyone's life. It looks like... LAS14 Jan 2021 #82

She had a FUCKING duffel bag that none of the officers knew what inside. Blue_true Jan 2021 #99

I understand your feelings, and I LuckyCharms Jan 2021 #89

If I Could Unrec A Thread... ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #92

I share you sentiments. Blue_true Jan 2021 #105

+ JI7 Jan 2021 #108

Exactly, Prof obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #177

At the moment she was breaking through into the Capitol, she was no different than this guy Tarc Jan 2021 #95

She was climbing up thru a shattered glass section to the right of the door. She was a terrorist. BlueNProud Jan 2021 #97

The video is on YT....(n/t) ginny skinny Jan 2021 #98

I feel no glee just sadness for a life wasted on a stupid cause MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #100

She was a domestic terrorist. StarryNite Jan 2021 #101

Do we even know who shot her? It could have been a gun discharged from outside the door. tblue37 Jan 2021 #102

From what I have read, she was trying to push through a duffel bag. Blue_true Jan 2021 #109

She was committing multiple felonies... JCMach1 Jan 2021 #104

The bag that she was trying to push through or had pushed through could Blue_true Jan 2021 #110

Exactly JCMach1 Jan 2021 #113

It's too soon to discuss gun violence. tenderfoot Jan 2021 #106

What's your point? Disarm the Capitol Police? Good luck with that. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #186

She was shot by Secret Service tenderfoot Jan 2021 #191

No, according to the Chief of the MPD, dware Jan 2021 #195

Regardless - she went there for a fight and paid for it tenderfoot Jan 2021 #196

Yes she did. dware Jan 2021 #197

Don't know if she deserved to or not SlogginThroughIt Jan 2021 #107

She was trying to push a duffel bag through or had pushed it through Blue_true Jan 2021 #111

+100. nt dware Jan 2021 #112

Right. SlogginThroughIt Jan 2021 #118

No pity mcar Jan 2021 #123

Fuck no! n/t MicaelS Jan 2021 #125

Play stupid games, TheCowsCameHome Jan 2021 #133

Try this mcar Jan 2021 #137

She didn't deserve to die BainsBane Jan 2021 #138

More than 4,000 Americans died from COVID today hatrack Jan 2021 #144

If she had been with treestar Jan 2021 #147

I found myself feeling nothing for this person's death earlier backtoblue Jan 2021 #153

No we wouldn't. People criticize liberal protests all the time here . Including things like blocking JI7 Jan 2021 #160

Bullshit. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #178

If BLM was the group that stormed the Capitol, they would all be dead right now. Now you see how IsItJustMe Jan 2021 #180

When you need two parenthetical asides kcr Jan 2021 #183

That is so ridiculous. joshcryer Jan 2021 #194

Oh screw that. She decided to become a terrorist and terrorists DIE. Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #150

I don't care. sir pball Jan 2021 #155

She asked for it. dalton99a Jan 2021 #156

She was a thug killed in the commission of a violent crime. If it's OK to kill Eric Garner for... NNadir Jan 2021 #157

"THE REJECTION OF ALL RELIGIOUS AND MORAL PRINCIPLES, IN THE BELIEF THAT LIFE IS MEANINGLESS"/amway. greyl Jan 2021 #158

Her actions are to blame. I will save my sympathy for the innocent. tblue37 Jan 2021 #159

I will sympathize with innocent people who died from Covid. A tresspasser, not so much! akbacchus_BC Jan 2021 #162

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see people on this site expressing "glee" about her death mtnsnake Jan 2021 #164

No sympathy from me. nt DLevine Jan 2021 #165

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2021 #166

She was engaged in a criminal tresspassing act AmericanCanuck Jan 2021 #167

No sympathy here. She knew what she was getting into. bif Jan 2021 #169

Yes she did. Breaking in to the inner halls of congress not enough? Victory at Yorktown Jan 2021 #170

Yes she did obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #171

all the terrorists who attacked the capitol should face felony murder charges rdking647 Jan 2021 #173

No, she did not deserve that. Next time the police should allow these people in to harm whoever IsItJustMe Jan 2021 #179

play stupid games win stupid prizes. Voltaire2 Jan 2021 #187

She chose her fate. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #188

Why are people leaving it as trespassing? marie999 Jan 2021 #189

How about the cop in critical condition...hit with a lead pipe...no sympathy for this terrorist... Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #192

I'm saddened to see any unarmed person shot in the back. nt Kahuna Jan 2021 #199

There was a line. She crossed it. slutticus Jan 2021 #201