Quote Originally Posted by poop
When people storm a building, you generally don't assume it's with peaceful intentions.
Indeed, which is why I'm not gushing with sympathy for the woman who died in there. I can understand the cops being twitchy.

But I was also watching it live. It was tense, but it was peaceful, at least from the protester's pov. I saw nobody doing anything more than shouting at cops. The cops weren't even doing much about it, it's like they allowed it all to happen. And when the cops decided it was time to take control of the situation, that happened without incident. Nobody in the crowd was physically resisting police. They stood their ground until they could no longer do so, that's the extent of these "riots".

They "looted" the Capitol building. Funny. Forgive me for not giving a fuck about office supplies in a government building. My whole problem with looting is it's an attack on civilians.