This was an insurrection and coup attempt. Death is an appropriate outcome. There are no excuses.
They should have been met with a hail of bullets. Unfortunately, they were allowed to desecrate our house of democracy and endanger our republic.
No ifs ands or buts.
And those cops who helped them, the politicians who incited them, all those should be held accountable. It is the only way to go forward, and if we don’t do it we are in more trouble than we know.