A few snaps on the interwebs doesn’t capture the tenor of the day or the event in any way. Again, I get your point. But I think you’re allowing your political beliefs to twist your interpretation of what went on a bit too much. This was not the Powder House Alarm.
Perhaps you do to some extent, but which do you think is the greatest threat to freedom? A few random hate filled murdering scum or an entire government relentlessly trying to abrogate our rights?