If the police shot them, they were not protesting, they were rioting. Protestors in the US did not get shot during the Demcorat Storm Troop riotes of 2020
It was a riot. They were worshipping a career criminal who spent his life preying on those weaker than him.
If the police shot them, they were not protesting, they were rioting.
Ashli Babbitt was shot by the police. Does that mean Ashli Babbitt was a rioter, not a protester, by your definition?
True.
It took until January 6th of the next year before police killed a peaceful protester.