They brought hangman's gallows & zip tie handcuffs to Trumps rally & they stormed the capital with them as Trump instructed them to. Trump knew it was organized because he was part of it.
Just symbols to make a point. AND NEITHER WERE ACTUALLY USED!
Yes they were used
U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, Republican-Grand Rapids - "Rioters were armed, and at least one carried flex-cuffs to take hostages. Pipe bombs were discovered and neutralized. Outside the Capitol, a gallows with a
noose for our necks had been assembled"... "The mob intended to attack lawmakers or take hostages"
"I would not be surprised if we saw in the near term political assassinations or some type of additional attempts to take lives by the folks who feel emboldened by what’s happened,” said Meijer, an Iraq War veteran, “I’ve walked past that in Baghdad, I’ve walked past that in Kabul,”... “I’m not saying we’re to that point yet, but just that (there’s been) a breakdown in the social fabric.”