In this hypothetical scenario, am I authorized to summarily execute people if I feel like it, or do I need to obey the law?
No. You're permitted to defend yourself and others from a threat on your life or the lives of others.
Ashli Babbit was not angry.
Sure, Jan.
Let's make the hypothetical scenario applicable. Let's say that there is a patriotic female, former military who loves her country, who wants to move from point A to point B, and she isn't any danger to anyone, except that I am annoyed that despite my orders that she NOT move from point A to point B, she seems intent on doing so anyway.
Agree, let's make the hypothetical scenario applicable. We'll start by
not pretending that the capitol police officer is omniscient or has the ability to read minds.
Now, let's say you're sitting in your living room and (to be absolutely accurate) there's a mob of people at your front door, a strange man smashes in your front window and a unknown woman starts crawling through it.
It is among THE most relevant details.
This occurs billions of times every hour every day every week and has always been totally legal for as long as humanity has existed on the planet.
Mobs of people do not gather at buildings/houses, with some members of the mob trying to smash in door, but deciding, instead, to smash in the window to illegally gain access to the building.
In this scenario, I also don't know what brand of makeup she is wearing,
You can't carry weapons and explosives in makeup.
I don't know how much money she is carrying,
Money doesn't explode and can't be used to kill people.
and I don't know if her breasts are as big as they appear or if she is wearing a push-up bra.
I've never heard of exploding breasts, either. Maybe you should watch less TV.
I presume that, in this scenario, that the woman in question has full 4th Amendment protections, yes?
Which 4th amendment protections are you talking about?
... for whom I have no reason to suspect is armed, and over the time I have been eyeing her like a hawk, I haven't seen any hint of any weapons, right?
Lots of police "haven't seen any hint of any weapon" until it's too late.
I should "tresspass" her and escort her out of the building.
Yes, that is what I would be required to do. Nothing in what you described afforded me license to shoot her.
Are you not aware that people with backpacks approach police all the time, and that police approach people with backpacks all the time? Are you not aware that backpacks are legal?
Are you not aware that people wearing denim jeans approach police all the time, and that police approach people wearing denim jeans all the time? Are you not aware that denim jeans are legal?
She, and the mob she's with, at least to rational people, are
ALL threats on the lives of those inside the Capitol. If the next person in the mob tried to crawl through the window after Ashli was shot, I would support shooting that person and the next and the next and the next, etc....
It is utter nonsense to say that the Capitol police officer is supposed to start engaging in hand-to-hand combat with each member of the mob. What do you think this is, The Matrix and the officer is Neo???
