As Trump-supporting rioters, some armed with weapons, breached the Capitol’s secure perimeter, one woman was fatally shot by police as she tried to unlawfully climb through a window, according to a news report from KUSI. Her supporters tried to take over a hashtag meant to commemorate the long list of Black women and girls who were killed by police for merely existing. The news outlet confirmed the insurgent’s identity as Ashli Babbitt. Blavity previously reported about the violent mob storming the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress attempted to certify the votes to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win. As news of the woman’s identity began to circulate, a sinister spin on a popular hashtag among Black social justice warriors began to trend on Twitter. Babbitt’s husband told KUSI that his wife was a 14-year Air Force veteran, who served four tours. In an attempt to make Babbitt the martyr of the MAGA movement, some Twitter users hashtagged her death with #SayHerName . However, the...
