Stop trying to make the Capitol riot into a race issue - Washington Examiner

There will always be those who hijack deadly serious events to talk about the issues that are clearly more important to them.

I saw this question raised with many outlets. My reading of the totality of publicly available information is that government officials lowered the police presence based on the mistaken belief that a large law enforcement showing leads to violence, not the anticipated racial makeup of the crowd.

I think the most reasonable explanation for the lack of use of force can be explained by 10 months of national debate on the appropriateness of use of force. In fact, the restraint shown by US Capitol Police after the breach may be one of the more troubling storylines of the day.