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Now that the Trump Administration has gifted Capitol attacker Ashli Babbit's estate $5 million, can someone sue her estate? (piefed.social)

submitted 10 months ago by klu9@piefed.social to c/AskUSA@discuss.online

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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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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 33 points 10 months ago

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

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

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

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Let's get a class action going

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

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

[+] Kaboom@reddthat.com -40 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 10 months ago

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

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 10 months ago

For the record, are you aware she was unarmed?

For the record, are you aware that is irrelevant?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why didn't she just comply?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

She forgot to say thank you.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Treason, armed treason, the difference is negligible.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months 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]