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I keep seeing "armed rioters" but have not seen any evidence. Could you point me to it?

jcranmer 6y ago
I have heard reports of gunfire being exchanged through the door to the House: https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1346905489561579532 https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1346905489561579532. Surely that would qualify as "armed", and the "rioter" I would hope should be self-evident.
- meragrin_ 6y ago
  The gunfire was probably of the unarmed woman getting shot and killed: https://twitter.com/ALQadiPAL/status/1346960691278848000 https://twitter.com/ALQadiPAL/status/1346960691278848000. Highly doubt that it was an armed protester shooting.
  - yzmtf2008 6y ago
    > Highly doubt that it was an armed protester shooting. Did you get that from the same place that you got the idea that the election was stolen?
    - meragrin_ 6y ago
      No, I got it from the evidence an unarmed woman was shot and killed while the faces at the door where the "shooting" by the "armed rioters" allegedly took place were unharmed. Where did you get the idea that I believe the election was stolen? From the comment where I said "Now if we get to day three of this crap with no signs of it letting up, the National Guard unable to control the situation, and Trump actively supporting them, definitely throw him out."?
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  - eyelidlessness 6y ago
    > Highly doubt that it was an armed protester shooting. Seems more likely than an unarmed protestor shooting?
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cyberlurker 6y ago
At least one gun was seized. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests/police-in-washington-seize-5-guns-and-arrest-at-least-13-during-violent-capitol-protest https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-pro...
- meragrin_ 6y ago
  If hundreds rioting and looting in multiple cities for multiple days for liberal causes only qualifies for "mostly peaceful protesters, this qualifies a "peaceful protesters" still.
  - jkepler 6y ago
    Evidence, please. I lived in a major US city, have a friend there who's a senior-level libertarian cleaning state trooper, and he told me the protests he knew about personally were peaceful. Nor did I see violent rioters myself.
  - newacct583 6y ago
    Where were the peaceful ones? BLM was a protest movement of something like 12M people, huge protests were covered extensively with no violence whatsoever. This was a mob that pushed down gates and forced entry into the capitol building. There was no "peaceful" component that I could see.
tomjakubowski 6y ago
* Man pointing an AR-15: https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1346988230101528579 https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1346988230101528579 * Man carrying a Glock and zipties: https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1347030226845446144/photo/1 https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1347030226845446144...
- meragrin_ 6y ago
  Man with AR-15 was police. Man carrying a Glock? I don't see anything resembling a gun except on his hat.
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    On his right hip, it’s incredibly clear.

I have heard reports of gunfire being exchanged through the door to the House: https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1346905489561579532 https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1346905489561579532. Surely that would qualify as "armed", and the "rioter" I would hope should be self-evident.

meragrin_ 6y ago
The gunfire was probably of the unarmed woman getting shot and killed: https://twitter.com/ALQadiPAL/status/1346960691278848000 https://twitter.com/ALQadiPAL/status/1346960691278848000. Highly doubt that it was an armed protester shooting.
- yzmtf2008 6y ago
  > Highly doubt that it was an armed protester shooting. Did you get that from the same place that you got the idea that the election was stolen?
  - meragrin_ 6y ago
    No, I got it from the evidence an unarmed woman was shot and killed while the faces at the door where the "shooting" by the "armed rioters" allegedly took place were unharmed. Where did you get the idea that I believe the election was stolen? From the comment where I said "Now if we get to day three of this crap with no signs of it letting up, the National Guard unable to control the situation, and Trump actively supporting them, definitely throw him out."?
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- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  > Highly doubt that it was an armed protester shooting. Seems more likely than an unarmed protestor shooting?
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cyberlurker 6y ago

At least one gun was seized. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests/police-in-washington-seize-5-guns-and-arrest-at-least-13-during-violent-capitol-protest https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-pro...

meragrin_ 6y ago
If hundreds rioting and looting in multiple cities for multiple days for liberal causes only qualifies for "mostly peaceful protesters, this qualifies a "peaceful protesters" still.
- jkepler 6y ago
  Evidence, please. I lived in a major US city, have a friend there who's a senior-level libertarian cleaning state trooper, and he told me the protests he knew about personally were peaceful. Nor did I see violent rioters myself.
- newacct583 6y ago
  Where were the peaceful ones? BLM was a protest movement of something like 12M people, huge protests were covered extensively with no violence whatsoever. This was a mob that pushed down gates and forced entry into the capitol building. There was no "peaceful" component that I could see.

tomjakubowski 6y ago

* Man pointing an AR-15: https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1346988230101528579 https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1346988230101528579 * Man carrying a Glock and zipties: https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1347030226845446144/photo/1 https://twitter.com/JasonRCharter/status/1347030226845446144...

meragrin_ 6y ago
Man with AR-15 was police. Man carrying a Glock? I don't see anything resembling a gun except on his hat.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  On his right hip, it’s incredibly clear.