Either you are for law and order or you are not. Either you are for justice or you are not. Either you care about innocent lives or your don’t. If your conviction is subjective then so is your character.

Time:

• 2020 Riots: Over 100 days
• Jan 6 Riot: 1 day

Damage:

• 2020 Riots: 2 billion
• Jan 6 Riot: 1.5 to 2.5 million

Fatality:

• 2020 Riots: 47
• Jan 6 Riot: 5 but only 1 on site - unarmed and killed by an agent of the state.

Law Enforcement injuries:

• 2020 Riots: over 2000 in first few weeks
• Jan 6 Riot: 140

Arrests:

• 2020 Riots: 10,000 in first 5 days following Mr. Floyd’s death - charges dismissed, bailed out by entertainers and politicians including Kamala Harris among others.
• Jan 6 Riot: over 500 - held without bail, some in solitary confinement

Lasting damage

• 2020 Riots: thousands of businesses lost, economy crippled for decades to come
• Jan 6 Riot: back in session the same day