More severe police injuries and deaths on that one day of rampaging Trumpers than in five years of Anti-Police protests.
Nearly 140 officers were injured during pro-Trump extremists' Capitol siege \u2014 including officers who sustained brain injuries, smashed spinal discs, one who'll likely lose an eye, and another stabbed with a metal fence stake, the Capitol Police union said.https://t.co/D9jFSkKtJm
— NPR (@NPR) January 28, 2021
But they came to resist police.
Which is completely different.
Because one group is literally arguing for human dignity and the other glorifies violence.
Once you accept that... WHO is standing opposed to you doesn't matter much.
This stark difference in approaches to violence is not trivial.
This is different than violent rage consuming anything in its path.
The clashes are characterized by protesters attempting to stand ground against police assault.
Physical contact is generally unarmed
They came with an intent to intimidate, to kidnap, to kill, to destroy and to use violence to force a specific political outcome during a governmental process.
This is nothing like anti-Brutality protest.
They TOTALLY would.
But once inside, they'd sit around singing and making speeches until someone in Congress agreed to come and speak to them and hear them out.
They're two wholly different ideologies with completely different core values.
You have to do a lot of cynical acrobatics to say they're the same.
This doesn't pan out.
Anti-police protestors and BlueLivesMatter people aren't mirror images. They don't use the same tactics to reach different goals.
Similarly, Antifascism is seen as the mirror image of fascism, but none of this makes sense.
It's illogical and ridiculous.
But comforting.
People who are anti-Police brutality do not want citizens to be able to shoot cops at will.
They want nobody shooting people.
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Without jumping to conclusions, this is a strange coincident. Is someone trying to kill two birds with one stone?
If you don't get caught up in the noise of the media, you'll notice a few more things. The far-right Oath Keepers has been patrolling major cities with heavy weapons for weeks. They were present in numbers at the Capitol, but without weapons.
https://t.co/t7M1svIIMe
You find photos of the arrested vandals but strangely enough not of the one 70-year-old who allegedly had a truck full of weapons. And at least I couldn't find an image of that truck. But the old man was apparently very talkative to the police.
The most questionable aspect, however, is the FBI's search for a person who was apparently caught on a surveillance camera the previous night.
At that time, it was possible to predict a mass gathering, but not the riot.
If you want to know what really went on with last week's DC Protests, look at the role of the FBI and federal informants involved in the event.
— Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) January 11, 2021
This is fundamental, especially regarding the visible presence of masked provocateurs
Watch as more information emerges.
If you don't get caught up in the noise of the media, you'll notice a few more things. The far-right Oath Keepers has been patrolling major cities with heavy weapons for weeks. They were present in numbers at the Capitol, but without weapons.
https://t.co/t7M1svIIMe
You find photos of the arrested vandals but strangely enough not of the one 70-year-old who allegedly had a truck full of weapons. And at least I couldn't find an image of that truck. But the old man was apparently very talkative to the police.
The most questionable aspect, however, is the FBI's search for a person who was apparently caught on a surveillance camera the previous night.
At that time, it was possible to predict a mass gathering, but not the riot.
