The DOJ says otherwise. The fact that the protestors heavily outnumbered the police was a aggravating factor Using weapons is justifiable. No one has the right to storm the capitol.
I posted the link recently where a Judge stepped in and dictated to the DOJ the charges that can be filed against those who participated in the 1/6 even, charges that include TRESSPASSING, DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND VANDALISM.
The Capitol Police, who were hammered in the bipartisan Committee's report, used excessive, deadly force against unarmed US citizens who 'trespassed' into the Capitol - however, as one poster pointed out, the Capitol Police gave many of these 'trespassers' a GREAT defense - it is extremely hard to argue someone was trespassing when they walked through an open door, being held open by the Capitol Police.
The fact that an incompetent Capitol Policeman, one on record for having left his weapon in a bathroom, blindly, indiscriminately, shot through a door striking and killing an unarmed, petite, white, female US military vet can easily be argued to equate to 'Manslaughter'.
The eye-witness account of how the Capitol Police used excessive force against unarmed Americans resulting in their deaths only makes the already existing testimony, videos, and the bipartisan report that much stronger and makes the actions of the Capitol Police seem that much more criminal.
- Despite being warned in advance the capitol Police did nothing to prepare for the pending violence they were warned about. According to the report:
- Capitol Police Intel was near non-existent and / or incompetent
- They did not call in off-duty officers
- Their leadership was non-existent prior to 1/6 and especially on 1/6 during the event
- Capitol Police were under trained, did not train/exercise
- No Contingency / Emergency Plans existed
- Lacked critical communication equipment
--- No way to contact the FBI
--- N0o way to contact the national Guard
--- No way to call in the Local Police
- Videos showed Capitol Police moving barriers for the instigators / crowd
- Videos show Capitolk police standing nearby as thugs broke windows and did nothing
-Video/audio exists showing Trump supporters asking why the CP were not trying to stop them
- Video shows Capitol Policemen were holding the Capitol doors open for the crowd and leading them through he Capitol
-- This explains why approx 35 Capitol Police Officers were suspended while they were investigated, several were fired
The Sergeants-At-Arms of both House & Senate, along with the DC Mayor made the decision not to have the Natl Guard in place or even On Call - They thought it would be 'bad optics'
They contributed to the chaos
- CP move barriers for the crowd, giving it access to the Capitol
- Other CP members are standing by while thugs like BLM Sullivan broke windows to enter the capitol
- Other CP were firing pepper spray and showing citizens to the ground / back, on top of each other
- Other CP were holding the door open for people to enter the Capitol
- Others inside were guiding peole throughthe Capitol
The reports point that CP leadership was no0 where to be found during the events on 1/6 ARE OBVIOUS