I am going to be honest, if you asked me pre-Jan 6 “how many people would be shot if they attacked en masse the Capitol with Congress in session” my guess would have been much higher than one. This isn’t a case of protestors just doing their business in a public street and getting into some heated argument with police that degenerates into a fight. It was an attempt to interfere with government, and possibly a direct threat to the life and safety of elected officials. Even if you think it was warranted you would be an idiot to think it would be safe. You don’t storm the Bastille and expect no fire in return. A State’s whole thing is a monopoly on violence, it’s entirely expected that an attempt to violently subvert that State’s own internal mechanisms would be met with violence in return.
I appreciate your attempt to be charitable, but I don’t think the left-wing/liberal concerns with Jan 6 is appropriately summarized as “riot.”
I am going to be honest, if you asked me pre-Jan 6 “how many people would be shot if they attacked en masse the Capitol with Congress in session” my guess would have been much higher than one. This isn’t a case of protestors just doing their business in a public street and getting into some heated argument with police that degenerates into a fight. It was an attempt to interfere with government, and possibly a direct threat to the life and safety of elected officials. Even if you think it was warranted you would be an idiot to think it would be safe. You don’t storm the Bastille and expect no fire in return. A State’s whole thing is a monopoly on violence, it’s entirely expected that an attempt to violently subvert that State’s own internal mechanisms would be met with violence in return.