• against Trump supporters: real bullet

• against leftists: shovings, rubber bullets, arrests (no charges, quickly released), "firey but mostly peaceful protests"

• leftists: "We all know if Black Lives Matter would have stormed the Capitol, there would have been deadly force used to protect that building, especially because it’s a federal building"

omega lul

https://archive.vn/jxP9D nyt

Capitol Breach Draws Sharp Condemnation of Law Enforcement

The Capitol Police were clearly outnumbered and unprepared for the onslaught. And some activists on the left saw a stark double standard.

By Shaila Dewan, Neil MacFarquhar and John Eligon

Videos by Christiaan Triebert, Haley Willis, Stella Cooper, Cora Engelbrecht, Evan Hill and Arielle Ray

Jan. 7, 2021Updated 12:58 a.m. ET

Americans looked on in shock Wednesday as a calm protest turned into an angry mob that swarmed past barriers and stormed the Capitol — spraying officers with chemical agents, breaking windows and doors and looting sizable objects — as the Capitol Police struggled to contain the violence and sometimes simply retreated.

It took more than two hours, and reinforcements from other law enforcement agencies, before order was restored. One woman who appeared to have wrapped herself in a flag was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer, according to Robert Contee, chief of the city’s Metropolitan Police Department, which was called in for backup. Another woman and two men died during the events because of as yet unspecified medical emergencies, he said.

And protesters on the left saw a stark double standard, saying they had been hit with rubber bullets, manhandled, surrounded and arrested while behaving peacefully during demonstrations against racial injustice over the summer.

Attica Scott, a state representative in Kentucky, was arrested in Louisville on felony charges that were later dropped during the many months of protest over the death of Breonna Taylor in a botched police raid. “You can be arrested for walking while Black,” she said, “but you can be white and riot and basically get away with it.”

Members of Congress demanded explanations as well. “We must investigate the security breach at the Capitol today,” said Representative Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, on Twitter. “I warned our Caucus and had an hour-long conversation with the Chief of Police 4 days ago. He assured me the terrorists would not be allowed on the plaza & Capitol secured.”

The Proud Boys have been beating the drum for months for confrontations in support of Mr. Trump. In a statement on one of their social media channels after the storming of the U.S. Capitol, the Proud Boys attempted to justify the violence by saying that they were only copying the tactics of leftist protesters.

But Ja’Mal Green, a Chicago-based activist, said there was no comparison between the tactics or the response. “We all know if Black Lives Matter would have stormed the Capitol, there would have been deadly force used to protect that building, especially because it’s a federal building,” he said. “We today saw what it means for white people to have the privilege.”

Edit: Footage shows a bunch of armed cops were standing behind shot Trump supporter

https://archive.vn/GK0si Dan Cohen‏Verified account @dancohen3000 6 Jan 2021

GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Police fatally shoot a Trump supporter inside the Capitol building. This is a sickening crime that should be prosecuted as such.

I'm watching "leftists" transform in real time into apologists for police murder. There are a hundred different ways cops could've handled this situation that didn't involve lethal force.