Involving the military (which AFAIK is NOT trained to non-lethally deal with civilian riots ?) would probably have indeed been very bad without even this kind o

Involving the military (which AFAIK is NOT trained to non-lethally deal with civilian riots ?) would probably have indeed been very bad without even this kind of risk. What I still don't understand is why was the police so ridiculously under-staffed and under-equipped that day ?? (Where were the anti-riot water-spraying trucks ? The anti-riot gas ? The anti-riot walls ? The gapless shield wall formed by enough police people ?) It's not like they haven't been warned by the FBI weeks in advance of the potential risks ?? OTOH I was impressed how the myth of the trigger-happy Trump fanatic who has a rifle like an extra body part didn't play out. I've only seen a single rifle, and AFAIK none of the rioters fired a single shot ? (The FBI probably helped here, since they supposedly convinced the "worst" ones to not participate... but OTOH they did still fail to prevent that truck filled with various explosive devices from parking nearby ?)