AP via local CBS: The Capitol assault a “more sinister attack than first appeared”

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Yet they were incapable of reporting that during the riots, pallets of bricks were ushered in for "protesters" to use against private businesses. Guess I'll go be cancelled for pointing that out now.

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Exactly. So why won't any of these frickers do some real journalism and show the world who was actually behind this shite?

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Somebody got confused between writing fanfic and journalism.

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undreds of thousands of people in attendance

We’ve seen, what, two minutes of footage of a handful of people getting out of control?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump’s name, the Capitol’s attackers pinned a bloodied police officer in a doorway, his twisted face and screams captured on video. They mortally wounded another officer with a blunt weapon and body-slammed a third over a railing into the crowd. “Hang Mike Pence!” the insurrectionists chanted as they pressed inside, beating police with pipes. They demanded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s whereabouts, too. They hunted any and all lawmakers: “Where are they?” Outside, makeshift gallows stood, complete with sturdy wooden steps and the noose. Guns and pipe bombs had been stashed in the vicinity. Only days later is the extent of the danger from one of the darkest episodes in American democracy coming into focus. The sinister nature of the assault has become evident, betraying the crowd as a force determined to occupy the inner sanctums of Congress and run down leaders — Trump’s vice president and the Democratic House speaker among them. This was not just a collection of Trump supporters with MAGA bling caught up in a wave.

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