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That's false. At least 14 officers hurt. See for example: https://www.foxnews.com/us/d-c-mayor-issues-order-extending-public-emergency-for-15-days-following-ch

• hajile 6y ago
  That's disingenuous. Only 2 officers required hospitalization. For comparison, there were many hospitalizations every single night of the 90-ish day Antifa seige of the Oregon federal courthouse. In Oregon, Antifa were blasting officers with fireworks, going after them with hammers, polearms, shields, etc. We didn't see that in DC either. Instead we find the police generally getting along with the overwhelming majority of protesters. Even 9 guns is nothing worth mentioning statistically. If those people had been interested in causing serious harm, almost all of them could have shown up with AR-15s. Hundreds of thousands of people with AR-15s could easily overpower any troops that could have been sent into the area. The fact that we didn't see this once again plays against the media's claims of a coup attempt.
  • mrguyorama 6y ago
    They brought bombs and a cooler full of molotov cocktails. This was a planned violent activity