> And the citizens weren't armed. I've seen people on social media in the past few weeks talking about bringing weapons to DC for what happened earlier today.

> And the citizens weren't armed. I've seen people on social media in the past few weeks talking about bringing weapons to DC for what happened earlier today. Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, was arrested a couple days ago in DC while carrying high capacity magazines [0]. A lot of pictures I've seen of people in the capital building today show them carrying heavy duty zip ties. Why did they have these? Were they planning on taking prisoners/hostages? We've also seen the reaction to other protests in DC in the last few years. The police response today was much smaller than other recent protests. Donald Trump's response to statues being torn down was to push for long sentences for people damaging federal property [1]. Has he also pushed for long sentences for people trespassing in the capital buildings and damaging them? [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4135703001 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4135703001 [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedenverchannel.com/news/america-in-crisis/trump-threatens-those-defacing-statues-monuments-with-10-years-in-prison%3f_amp=true https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedenverchannel.com/news/a...