EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ashli Babbitt’s Mother and Husband Share their Story One Year After Her Jan 6th Shooting Death
Guest article written by Laura Elizabeth Jenkins, originally published AmericanGulag.org
A year ago today, unarmed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt was killed by Capitol Police officer Michael LeRoy Byrd. Her legacy lives on.
Although a year has passed since Ashli’s death, customers from the pool company she owned continue coming, remembering their lively conversations with her.
“People say: ‘I told my daughter about your daughter today. Your daughter lives in my daughter’s heart,’” reflects Ashli’s mother, Micki Wittehoeft.
Artwork Credit: Al Manica.
“We live in an extremely liberal beach town, and I can’t find a single person we’ve been around that didn’t weep on my shoulder just saying how much they loved Ashli the person,” says her husband,
