They must've stopped with the flashbangs, and then started them back up again, because I waited all through Trump's speech, and when I got to the Capitol they were teargassing, but no flashbangs. The lawn in front of the Capitol was empty, and there was a single cop at the bottom of the staircase next to the scaffolding holding the crowd back. They didn't start the flashbangs until the cop had retreated halfway up those stairs, which was about 15 minutes in, if I remember correctly.
ah correct my mistake, yes the flashbangs started only minutes after I had arrived to the capitol building not on the way there. I was quite far back on the other side of the pond so remember hearing them and wondering what the hell was going on.
They must've stopped with the flashbangs, and then started them back up again, because I waited all through Trump's speech, and when I got to the Capitol they were teargassing, but no flashbangs. The lawn in front of the Capitol was empty, and there was a single cop at the bottom of the staircase next to the scaffolding holding the crowd back. They didn't start the flashbangs until the cop had retreated halfway up those stairs, which was about 15 minutes in, if I remember correctly.
ah correct my mistake, yes the flashbangs started only minutes after I had arrived to the capitol building not on the way there. I was quite far back on the other side of the pond so remember hearing them and wondering what the hell was going on.