Storming Of The Capitol Building

[Dill]

(09-01-2021, 06:52 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Interesting.  Then I pose to you the same question I asked above, should the LEO's in Portland have been able to shoot the mob that was lighting on fire an occupied police precinct?

My answer is perfectly predictiable--according to the circumstances of such arson.

If police are inside and a "mob" is trying to break in to burn down a police station with police inside, then I won't whine if police shoot people breaking through the door. I wouldn't condone firing indiscriminately into a crowd massing outside, though, even if some are carrying torches and shouting "burn the place down." 

If people milling around outside break up a park bench and set it on fire on the doorstep, then tear gas and rubber bullets.