TheHill.com legal propagandist Jonathan Turley recently posted an article questioning the DC Capitol Police decision not to press charges against the police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt. In this article I will review Turley’s argument, and show how he misrepresents the relevant case-law, to try to promote a right-wing narrative.
The propaganda begins with Turley’s choice of a title. The piece appears on TheHill website with the title: “Justified shooting or fair game? Shooter of Ashli Babbitt makes shocking admission…” First off, the officer was employed by the US Capitol Police and was tasked with protecting lawmakers against any domestic threat. He was doing his job. The use of the term “game” conjures up an idea of going hunting, a la Richard Connell’s famous short-story “The Most Dangerous Game”. Turley is turning up the dishonesty, and abandoning all sense of legal or academic integrity with the very first words of the piece.
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