> what is still a big puzzle is why police didn't draw weapons during such a violent attack. Usually police, the DC one including, would draw weapons and shoot

> what is still a big puzzle is why police didn't draw weapons during such a violent attack. Usually police, the DC one including, would draw weapons and shoot at the smallest perception of even smallest disobedience There’s video evidence that police were the first to fire, specifically teargas into a reasonably obedient crowd. It’s after this happened things started escalating.