Actual public safety is an afterthought. The point isn’t to solve a crime, but to punish enemies or to boost conviction rates.
Are we talking about the people who participated in a violent insurrection against the US, or is this another group?
If you want to have nice things (eg: a democracy) then you can’t be letting people who commit some mild treason off just because they’re dumbasses who got caught up in the moment.
The next yahoo who decides they want to try and block the peaceful transfer of power needs to 100% understand that they will be prosecuted.
[0] https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-ar... [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-84
They were protesting just fine outside of Congress, why did they go into congress? Why were they trying to find Nancy Pelosi? Why did the Capitol police think they needed to use deadly force?
Might have had something to do with the violent death threats some of the invading fools were shouting…
Why do people protest anything? Nothing changes. It’s a futile effort.
Why did that capitol cop shoot that lady thru a window? Cops gunna cop and they always lie about it afterwards. Probably needs de-escalation training.