When Is A Riot A Riot Or A 'First Amendment Protest'

Pro-Trump protesters storm the Capitol, January 6. REUTERS/Ahmed Gaber 

Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose: Here’s why Pentagon described the Capitol Hill riots as ‘First Amendment protests’ 

When is a riot not a riot? 

The Defense Department is taking heat for describing the recent attempted insurrection on Capitol Hill as “First Amendment Protests in Washington D.C.” On Friday, the Pentagon released a timeline of how the National Guard was activated for and responded to the Jan. 6 riots, during which a pro-Trump mob attempted to recreate the 1917 Bolshevik revolution by storming Congress. 

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WNU Editor: The Pentagon used the same language that the Washington DC mayor used in her request. And as to why the Washington DC mayor used those words. She is being consistent. That is the exact same language that she has been used to describe the riots/protests that engulfed Washington DC last year. 

As to what is my take.

The riots that occurred last year were riots, and what happened this week in the Capital building was also a riot, albeit minus the destruction of statues and the fire bombings. 

One more note. 

The above author compares to what happened on Wednesday to an attempt by a pro-Trump mob to recreate the 1917 Bolshevik revolution by storming Congress. What an appalling lack of knowledge on Russian/Soviet history. Comparing pro-Trump supporters to Communist Bolsheviks?!?!?!?

OMG!!!! 

What do they teach in American schools today?

Since we are at it. Why not compare to what happened on Wednesday to the storming of the Bastille in Paris in 1789 and the start of the French Revolution. Now that sounds more exciting.

Update: We are definitely witnessing the rewriting of history .... The Lafayette Park Protests And The Revision Of History (Jonathan Turley).

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