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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-pay-5-million-settle-lawsuit-ashli/story?id=121959389

Maybe:

  • police officers who defended the Capitol
  • Congresspeople, staffers etc hiding for their lives inside
  • anyone who voted in the 2020 presidential election whose vote Babbit was trying to overturn
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[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

I'm glad we CUT Childhood Lunch Programs to be able to Afford that!

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Holy shit, the insurrectionist's family got paid for the officer doing their actual job the right way?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Let's get a class action going

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

theoretically the capital police that was forced to shoot her can.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You can sue anyone for anything. Doesn't mean you'll win, just that you can try.

For the record, are you aware she was unarmed?

[-] al_Kaholic 23 points 1 month ago

Did you watch the video? Are you aware of breaking and entering and stand your ground laws?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

For the record, are you aware she was unarmed?

For the record, are you aware that is irrelevant?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Why didn't she just comply?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

She forgot to say thank you.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Treason, armed treason, the difference is negligible.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

You can sue anyone for anything. Doesn’t mean you’ll win, just that you can try.

While I agree with the general sentiment, just to nitpick, if someone keeps filing frivolous lawsuits as a form of harassment, some jurisdictions can find them guilty of barratry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry_(common_law)

Barratry (/ˈbærətri/ BARR-ə-tree, from Old French barat ("deceit, trickery")) is a legal term that, at common law, described a criminal offense committed by people who are overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation,[1] or who bring repeated or persistent acts of litigation for the purposes of profit or harassment.[2]

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