Yes, actually, the Capital Insurrection was more damaging than the Floyd Protests

The Right complains the "cities were burned to the ground" by Floyd Riots - but was the Capitol Riot even worse?

MAGAs like to claim that January 6 was a "Peaceful Protest that got out of hand" (which is a false claim I debunked in a similar previous diary) but they also say Anti-Police Violence protests over George Floyd were just "Violent Riots."

How does the violence at the Floyd Riots truly compare to the violence and damage that occurred during the Capitol attack?  Generally, I would say they are apples and pomegranates but some would say that “obviously” the Floyd protests were worse — however is that really what the cold hard numbers say when you contrast what was actually 8,700 separate events to that one event on January 6?

Let’s see.

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About 2000 people entered the Capitol Building after violently fighting with police for almost 90 minutes, using sticks, polls, bear spray, and stolen riot shields  - out of a total crowd of about 9000 people.  That's 22% of the crowd being violent, attempting to disrupt Congress and deny the electoral count. 3.5 times as many people were non-violent as those who fought the police and entered the building.