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I agree. I also think it pissed them off that one kid with a rifle successfully ended that arson in one night. Iirc they did not riot on the 26th. The state can not allow their willing incompetence to be highlighted like this. Even if Kyle did nothing wrong he must be punished for doing what the state refused to do.Here's a flash for you.
In my own home state (that'd be NY), the main reason the rioters were not dealt with by the police is that local officials (namely the at-the-time mayor of NYC) were on-board with their objective. The police answer to those who have hiring and firing authority over them, which in NYC is the mayor's office. As a result, more often than not, when the rioters started torching shit, stealing, assaulting people, and worse, the police would stand down and let them do it. Only the worst offenses did the police even bother to try to intervene, and there's a reason for that.
So let's say you have the cops that aren't willing to kiss DeBlasio's ass, and are willing to arrest the rioters for being complete pieces of shit. Well, congratulations, because the local-level District Attorneys won't fucking prosecute, short of a murder or manslaughter charge. Here in NY, Arson that causes a death carries the death penalty, one of the rare offenses that does. The DA basically rubber stamped every Arson that hit their desk as not worth prosecuting.
I bring this shit up because this is exactly what happened in Kenosha. The entire Rittenhouse case would not have fucking happened if city officials had bothered to do their fucking jobs. They didn't because they cynically intended to use the riots as a weapon against the opposition and give themselves more authoritarian control that none of their constituents would ever have approved of.
This, not the 2A argument, is the critical reason why the state is throwing the book at this case. Civil order broke down because of their actions.