DC Judge, DC jury hit him hard.
Yes, he took a small short aluminum flag pole (I saw a photo) and smashed a bikerack on the ground AFTER he saw how the DC police were beating the crowds.
120,000+ protesters walked from the ellipse to the Capitol Building, tourists do that every day. Having grown up in DC, I witnessed massive demonstrations numbering in the many hundreds of thousands. There are riot police with batons and shields near the Capitol, on its steps and on the ground around it.
Tourists are ALLOWED TO ENTER the Capitol. Massive crowds would need to be controlled. The current force needs extensive development and training. The DC enclave has been allowed to grow itself into a local dictat.
Ashley Babbit, unarmed and peaceful, was gunned down, life taken. Older men and women were beaten unconscious with one death.
The DC/Capitol Police, courts, judges need to be suspended, reviewed, terminated as necessary. The States of Virginia and Maryland can loan law enforcement troops to take up the slack.
It’s nothing more or less than a message “no dissent from the Demoncrat party line”.
There are 22 active judges on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
14 of those judges were appointed by Democrats. Only 8 judges were appointed by Republicans.
Since 1980...Republicans have held the white house for 24 years. Democrats have held the white for 18 years.
Republicans 24 years...8 appointments.
Democrats 18 years...14 appointments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia
“...The DC/Capitol Police, courts, judges need to be suspended, reviewed, terminated as necessary. The States of Virginia and Maryland can loan law enforcement troops to take up the slack...”
All this would be the right, honest things to do...
There’s no way in hell this going to happen as long as the leftist democrats are in control...