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Doesn't seem that puzzling. The world was watching how America transferred power; they didn't want to look like the ones escalating, particularly not when vastl

• Ancapistani 2y ago
  > a mob that had arms of their own Source? While I’m sure there were people who carried illegally present, I don’t recall seeing anything about people being arrested or cited for carrying - or for that matter, anyone who claimed to have carried after the fact.
  • piva00 2y ago
    > In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a popular narrative has emerged: that because rioters did not fire guns that day, they were not really "armed." > But a review of the federal charges against the alleged rioters shows that they did come armed, and with a variety of weapons: stun guns, pepper spray, baseball bats and flagpoles wielded as clubs. An additional suspect also allegedly planted pipe bombs by the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties the night before the riot and remains at large. https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters-were-armed-here-are-the-weapons-prosecutors-say-they-used https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters...
    • whamlastxmas 2y ago
      The pipe bombs were unbelievably fake looking and could have easily been a false flag, the whole story around that is so suspicious. The law enforcement sources declined to even confirm that they were real