(01-08-2021, 12:12 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-08-2021, 12:03 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Here is what I am wondering..

The cop clearly aimed for a head shot. He had the firearm aimed at her for a good period of time. Was there a less lethal shot he could have taken?

The police officers had cordoned of an area where members of Congress were being sheltered and protected from a rioting mob of violent trespassers. 

She attempted to enter that cordoned area through a broken window. 

That's all you need to know. Would a less lethal shot have been preferred? Sure. Do you know where the officer was aiming? No. 

Wondering where all the folks that so fervently promoted and defended deadly force against rioters and looters earlier this year are right now? This is a clear example of the action they championed repeatedly.

I am one of those people, but there is a big difference here.  The rioting a looting that happened this last year had most of the people involved attacking law enforcement, burning businesses, destroying property, etc.  Their actions were clearly destructive and a threat to life.

The protest at the Capitol was the opposite as most of the people there were simply exercising their 1st Amendment right.  It was an extremely small percentage of the people there that were violent and/or destructive.

I'm not saying that breaking into the Capitol building was the right thing to do and I am not saying that the small handful of people there that were violent were innocent.  Far from it.  They broke the law, caused destruction, etc. and should pay the price for it.  All that I am saying is that this was a protest that got out of hand.  What we saw in many cases last year was outright rioting, looting, vandalism, etc.

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