[marktwain]

I was there.

The few thousand people who made it to the Capitol, arriving before President Trump finished his speech, engaged in a relatively mild riot.

I have been in a fair number of riots and demonstrations over the years, from Arizona to Wisconsin to Panama.

It was a riot, but a mild one, and clearly *not* an "insurrection".

I suspect a significant number of agent provocateurs, but overall coordination was poor.

I was covering it for AmmoLand.

Preparation to keep demonstrators out of the Capitol was poorly thought out.

[Savage Beast]

Were the demonstrators invited into the Capitol building? Were they well behaved once inside?