I didn't see her attack anyone. I saw someone not have positive id and shoot into a crowd.
This post is NONSENSE. Did you even watch the NYT video compiled from the postings of various protestors, which shows the shooting from behind her? There are 3 cops guarding the doors to the rear entrance of the House chambers, and they don't even draw their weapons.
One of the rioters is standing right next to one of the cops and smashes one of the glass panels on a door with his fist. They see the lawmakers being evacuated inside the Chamber, and Babbitt in particular is irate yelling something like "there they are"...
As a team of cops in riot gear arrives to reinforce the 3 standing outside the door, the 3 move aside to let them enter. Unfortunately, they move aside too early, which means there is a gap and the rioters are now directly at the door. The rioters start breaking all of the glass, and at the same time, one of the cops inside the doors takes out his gun and points it at one of the areas the rioters have opened. The rioters hesitate because the gun is obvious, and then suddenly Babbitt jumps up in the newly broken-out window/door and prepares to access the inside area.
It's just a ridiculously stupid thing to do and the cop shoots instinctively. But he is not firing indiscriminately, but rather at the area where he had already trained his pistol. I doubt he even realizes the person is a woman. He just fires at the person who violates the perimeter he had already established by pointing his gun at what was a vacant spot at the time. He definitely did NOT shoot into the crowd, but rather at the only person STUPID enough to jump up in what everyone else clearly realized was a restricted area...
If you fast forward to the 25 min mark you can see all of this clear as day. There is no way Babbitt's family could even win a civil case if they tried to sue. She clearly causes her own death... The Times even names the rioter who punched a hole in the glass initially...