I'm not sure if you watched the events unfold that day, but I did via multiple live streams. Your attempt to downplay what occurred rings hollow. In fact the on

I'm not sure if you watched the events unfold that day, but I did via multiple live streams. Your attempt to downplay what occurred rings hollow. In fact the only thing I'd agree with is that the people involved are idiots - they legitimately think the election was stolen, and that it was now or never to take it back. The organized(but separate - probably not aware of each other) groups that used the crowd as a cover had every intention of taking hostages at a minimum. One can make an educated guess from the mountains of evidence collected from their cesspools online and from chatter amongst the participants themselves during the riot that they intended to go even farther than that. I'm not sure how the beating of officers with fire extinguishers(which did occur and is documented in photos & videos) became connected to Sicknick's death. Noting the initial reporting was wrong is not the gotcha or rebuttal you think it is.