05 May '24 15:07>
@mott-the-hoople saidhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/15/suspects-arrested-in-killing-of-jonathan-lewis-las-vegas/71590003007/
without any weapons, absolutely nothing
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mob-fatally-beats-woman-suspected-killing-girl-mexico-tourist-city-taxco/
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/man-tears-holy-book-beaten-to-death-in-punjab/ar-BB1lPSA0
Those are a few recent examples of people beaten to death by mobs. Allowing a violent mob to reach members of Congress and their staff would have been a dereliction of duty by the officer.