One wonders what thoughts passed through the fevered mind of Officer Lila Morris as she struck the seemingly lifeless Rosanne Boyland over the head with a branch, then struck her again, and then struck her a third time so hard that the branch snapped in half.
If Morris thought Boyland a hateful white supremacist who deserved her fate, one could, if not forgive her, at least understand how she came to think that way.
"You MUST hear about Ofc. Lila Morris. MPD Acting Chief Contee says Morris 'fought like hell' in the tunnel of death. Morris was injured, then got back in the melee. Women, too, fought hard to reclaim the #Capitol." Foster's tweet included a photo of Morris being feted for her heroism at the Super Bowl, one of just three officers so honored.
To protect Rosanne from both the crowd and the police, Texan protestor Luke Coffee stood over the dying woman, holding a crutch horizontally above his head. For his efforts to save Rosanne, he was charged with a felony for striking Morris.
To preserve the narrative of heroic police resistance, the DC medical examiner's office sat on Boyland's autopsy report for the maximum 90 days and then attributed her death to "Acute amphetamine intoxication." Amphetamine was the active ingredient in the Adderall that Boyland had been taking by prescription for ten years to deal with her ADHD. The Boyland family was stunned.
Morris remained an unquestioned hero until September 2021, when that damning video surfaced of her striking Rosanne.
McBride believes Rosanne was still alive when Morris struck her.
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