Micki Witthoeft, center, mother of Ashli Babbitt, joins protesters outside the Supreme Court on the second anniversary of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
"After reviewing the circumstances of SrA Babbitt’s death, the Air Force has offered Military Funeral Honors to SrA Babbitt’s family," an Air Force spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Babbitt was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol police officer as she was attempting to forcibly gain access to the Capitol chambers during the events of Jan. 6. Roughly three months later the Department of Justice announced it would not be pursuing criminal charges against the officer who shot Babbitt.
Both praise and criticism followed the news that the Air Force would be granting Babbitt her military honors, previously denied under Biden.
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A scene from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
A former Capitol Police officer, Aquilino Gonell, who described Jan. 6 as one of the worst days of his life, suggested the move was a slap in the face to people who got hurt as a result of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
"Not to officers, like Brian Sicknick, who served in the Air National Guard, but the member of the mob who stormed the Capitol and put herself and other’s lives in danger," the former Capitol Police officer said of the restored honors. "Wtf."
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