Depends, right? I'm already on record as saying those that stormed the capital need punishment.
Now, in riots and looting, what if it was YOUR business, or YOUR home. Oh, yeah, dem's have already said "they got insurance"
Sorry, if a person on here wants to hang those for Jan. 6th, he might be man enough to say "hang those for the riots and personal property losses" He's not man enough to say that though.
This isn't hard.
Prosecute people according to the law. Rioters and looters need to face the law for their crimes. But those crimes don't carry a penalty that includes hanging. Treason is a different matter.
""Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.""
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim
Do I think anyone and everyone who was at the Capital Building on Jan 6th is deserving of being prosecuted for Treason? NO. There's a whole lot of stupid folks got swept up in lies and emotion that were following a crowd. There are however - undoubtedly - a sub set who had a specific goal of stopping the legal transfer of power. Who attacked police officers and who would have done worse to some of our political leaders. And then there are those the orchestrated and stroked the flames and got that crowd to be there, armed, and ready to fight. . . . and yes, those folks committed treason.
