[guns_on_the_run]

Agreed, police officers should rarely be shooting anyone. And certainly not those who are merely trespassing.

There are plenty of options for stopping a person going into a place, that don't involve executing or seriously wounding them. It should be a grave concern for every citizen that the police generally have so few qualms about firing their guns at people.

The police should have attempted to deescalate this situation with a minimum of violence - not the maximum.

[bigbluedots]

I guess you think the police should just let those 'mere trespassers' get close enough to the representatives to pose for a photo? Maybe hold the camera?

[Thlom]

For some reason I have seen a vide of the shooting and it looks like the person shooting is in a suite? Is it normal that police officers wear a suite?

[saberdancer]

They reported that it was a plain clothes police officer. My guess is that some of the Capitol police wear plain clothes. They are usually not in public.