THIS VIDEO provides analysis of the alleged shooting of Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter who was supposedly shot while climbing through a door during the staged Capitol insurrection two days ago. (Warning: Although there is almost no blood in this video, it still may be upsetting to the sensitive.)

Along with photos in the news showing fake-looking blood (real blood is not bright, candy red) on Babbitt and the stagey video rant Babbitt allegedly posted before the protests, it offers strong support for claims that the whole shooting was political theater of the most tawdry and transparent variety. Notice, as the creator of the video points out (and I thank him for his work here), Babbitt is surrounded by police officers as she is climbing through the window. They unrealistically make no effort to stop her. Then, even though police officers are trained in basic emergency resuscitation and even though simple help, such as staunching blood flow, at that critical moment can save someone’s life, they make no effort to treat her wound or help her other than shouting, “Get back!” So often in fake shooting events, standard emergency protocols are not followed. As a former newspaper reporter who covered real crimes and accident scenes for two newspapers, I can tell you that real officers and real paramedics would lose their jobs or face massive lawsuits if they did not follow emergency rules. And most officers and paramedics want to save lives anyway so they react appropriately.

It looks like Ashli Babbitt, a supposed Air Force veteran, is either alive and well — or a fictitious character. Her name certainly sounds like something out of a cheap novel. The Babbitt in the video, whatever her name, deserves a shout out for a performance which, in the annals of crisis acting, is pretty good. She could have added a few screams or audible gasps to make it better. (I’m not trying to tell her what to do next time, I’m just saying it would have made it more life-like.)

Of course, it was a black police officer who allegedly shot Babbitt — and that fits in with the purposes of this event — to create division; to demoralize and agitate Trump supporters; and to incite civil war so that those in power can stay in power.

Oh, and by the way, where is Donald Trump in all this? When will he point out the obvious?

Once again, he is missing in action. If you think Trump isn’t aware of the obvious anomalies in the Capitol siege, or at least suspicious, then I would like to interest you in a piece of real estate.

— Comments —

A reader writes:

From the very moment I heard of a killed Trump supporter, I knew it was a manufactured crisis designed to rile up his base.

Indeed, as the story was developing, she was called a false name that was similar to that of a character in the movie Fight Club. The conditioned response, of course, was for Trumpers in social media to respond in a similar fashion as what happened in the movie (“his name is Robert Paulson” chant).

Laura writes:

Here’s good commentary on the Capitol siege at Winter Watch.

Rudiger writes:

Which would be easier to accomplish, involve less people and pose less risk:

Filming a short movie, in public, which portrays a woman being shot and killed, and passing it off as real to the world, while the actress playing the woman is still actually alive or,

Making a youtube video accusing a shooting of being fake?

Laura writes:

Which do you think is easier:

Making a video analyzing a live crime fully knowing that it will be censored and attacked by powerful people or,

Taking an ad hominem swipe at a person who made a video analyzing a live crime?

Rudiger writes:

The second one. Now, what is your answer to my question?

Laura writes:

The second one will be censored and could lose his job. In that sense, the first is easier.

The second is easier in terms of production.

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