I just read your link and didn't see one person who they pointed out as held for a year in jail without prison... I did see this...
More than 1,230 people have been charged with federal crimes in the riot, ranging from misdemeanor offenses like trespassing to felonies like
assaulting police officers and
seditious conspiracy. Roughly 730 people have pleaded guilty to charges, while another roughly 170 have been convicted of at least one charge at a trial decided by a judge or a jury, according to an Associated Press database.
Sounds like a bunch of criminal acts and not just a protest to me