Said it from the start, the whole thing glows brighter than the sun.
Media and politicians were desperately hoping that they could antagonize or provoke a response from people so they could use it to justify further dehumanization, denigration, smears, and lies, in what's likely a sad attempt to boost Biden and Democrat approval ratings, and deflect away from the continued failures and tyranny of the administration.
The entire premise of the event never made any sense from the start. It most certainly would have never elicited sympathy or action for those being railroaded by the system for their political beliefs. Anyone with even a modicum of common sense should be able to recognize that.
It's almost like the majority of people who did show up from the right did so specifically to record and capture things just like this, in order to exonerate any potential spin and blame.