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Amuseum posted...

terrible day. only one person died--murdered by a rogue policeman.

Fact check: False.

-Four Trump supporters died - the lunatic shot for trying to enter congressional chambers, two more to heart attacks where paramedics could not quickly reach them, and one more to a drug overdose.
-The policeman who shot the lunatic wasn't "rogue" - he was acting entirely within the scope of his duties and his actions were investigated and found to be lawful.
-Five police officers that were at the riots died shortly thereafter - one of a stroke (likely induced or aggravated as a result of the stress of the day), and four suicides.
-Over 1000 documented assaults were committed against police officers that day, ranging from being beaten with metal poles to being sprayed with chemicals.
-It was also - and I feel you're giving short-shrift to this, so I do believe it needs to be highlighted - a violent insurrection against the duly-elected government of the United States. A gallows was erected. Pipe bombs were placed to try and blow up political offices. So, you know, there's that.

OneGrumpyUncle posted...

How was it any worse than any of the BLM riots that destroyed whole neighborhoods and killed multiple people and minority owned businesses.

The riots (labelling them "BLM riots" is a bit disingenuous, given that BLM was mostly involved in peaceful protests, not riots) weren't trying to deny the results of an election and overthrow the government.

Seems pretty straightforward to me.