Surprise surprise, 4 out of 5 of the people who died at the capitol hill riots were unarmed and non-violent pro-trump supporters, the one none Trump supporter killed was a cop who was struck in the head while he was actively beating people with his baton, effectively the one initiating violence and the crowd defended itself by the sound of it, in the interaction he got struck and died a day later from the head injury. Its sad that he got hit and I dont justify the violence overall, but if your the one sitting there beating people with a stick people fighting back is kind of the expectation, its not an acceptable tactic against unarmed civilians IMO.

nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/who-

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They were probably insurrecters... And perhaps now murder accomplices

@freemo This is the definition of accomplice to a crime. I think it describes and labels what happened in January 6:

"Accomplice

A person who knowingly, voluntarily, or intentionally gives assistance to another in (or in some cases fails to prevent another from) the commission of a crime. An accomplice is criminally liable to the same extent as the principal. An accomplice, unlike an accessory, is typically present when the crime is committed."

law.cornell.edu/wex/accomplice

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@pthenq1 Sure, how is that in any way remotely relevant.. you do not shoot dead an armed non-violent accomplice.

If you want to argue that they should be arrested and tried for a crime, sure, you wont get any disagreement from me on that, so your point is moot.

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