(08-23-2021, 03:47 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(08-23-2021, 02:14 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: And if it were bullets that were bringing down cops forcing them to give up barricades and recover to defensible positions... it'd be an insurrection. Yet... the only bullets fired were from a cowardly cop.

Pretty much.  I watched the events unfolding on television and never saw anything "bad".  It was mostly a bunch of people carrying U.S. flags and Trump flags generally walking around/standing around.  It wasn't until a few days later that much of the MSM started showing videos of "violent" protesters.  Even the "Chewbaca guy" never showed signs of hostility, yet has been in jail all this time.

Meanwhile the resident liberal democrat mikesez spews his fantasies of how "tactical operations" should happen.

I haven't watched much of the recorded coverage, but for the most part it looked like a completely unorganized crowd without any real plan of action.  Yes, plenty were guilty of illegal trespass and vandalism, but I doubt anyone had the intention of overthrowing the government.  
The capitol police apparently had no established protocol for handling the situation, which didn't help.  At least one officer did not respond well and tragically a woman was shot and killed.  From my perspective, the use of deadly forced was not justified in that instance.  It was certainly an ugly day in our nation's history, but to label it as an attempted insurrection is an overstatement.

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