Seattle Reddit Community Open Chat, Friday, January 08, 2021

In an alternate universe there's a matching headline of "protestor on sideline of umbrella phalanx confused why police are pepper spraying them."

Trump supporter in back row of peaceful National Mall protest is confused why they are being teargassed.

They didn't witness the violent assault on the Capitol or the people breaking in, but did see police use tear gas, leaving them confused by what was unfolding.

"I was just kind of shocked that it was happening because I didn't know how they were going to plan on dispersing a peaceful demonstration, you know, I mean, we had a right to be there," Butler said.

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