While I was looking for the non-existent blood trail, the rest of the group had engaged with a few other characters who were loitering around the south entrance. I approached just in time to hear a guy saying, "At this point I think we agree with Antifa, ACAB and fuck the police!" I had never heard ACAB before and was later informed it stood for "All cops are bastards". We all immediately took notice of this comment and pushed back saying we would never agree with Antifa and that many of the police were likely just unfortunate pawns in a much bigger story. As the discussion continued, an older gentleman approached our now circle of discussion. I think of him as "the voice of reason" character. He stepped in and quickly dismantled the false narratives with his own observations of rampant disinfo and steered our group away from the instigators while he continued to chat with us. I wonder if he had put himself there to counter the false narratives being pushed. At this time, I caught sight of a large SWAT type vehicle approaching the other law enforcement vehicles parked to the side. A group of officers dressed in SWAT uniforms emerged, one with a long rifle and a high-powered scope, the others outfitted with AR style rifles and a couple of riot shields. They proceeded to pass through the line of officers at the south entrance and head towards the balcony on the west side of the building where the crowd was. I got a horrible pit in my stomach. No way could they justify setting a sniper team on the crowd. We were incredibly concerned but there was nothing we could do but pray they didn't shoot anyone. We decided the only other thing we could do was get footage of the officers, including all the ones just milling around not involving themselves in any way. This led to us moving around to the only side we had not observed up close yet...the east side. This area felt the most bizarre in a lot of ways. Large groups of officers were just standing around in various locations close to the building. None were actively blocking entrances or interacting with civilians. They just stood there watching as people freely came and went out of the Capital building. People had adopted a kind of touristy attitude and were taking pictures and casually strolling on and around the Capital grounds. We were asked to take pictures for people many times. One man asked if we wanted him to take us in the Capital and show us around? He said it was so cool, and nobody was being stopped from entering. He claimed to have been in and back out several times already. I feel I should be honest, we actually stepped aside and debated briefly whether we should go in. It only took about five minutes of discussion before a couple of us quite firmly put down any idea of going in. I looked at my group at one point and quoted the line from Admiral Ackbar in Star Wars, "It's a trap!" It was about this time that we noticed the light was fading rapidly. It was like someone turned off the adrenaline switch and we all suddenly felt the extreme fatigue, lack of food and water and the miles of walking and running we had all done throughout the day (God saying, "Ok time to go." IMO). We took some final footage and photos and began the search to yet again locate some food in this God forsaken city. That resulted in us walking all the way to the subway station where we found long lines of others seeking food. We ended up at some strange crepe stand since other restaurants were closing with people standing in line. The man operating the crepe stand was alone and was kind enough to stay open late and fill our entire groups order and we tipped him accordingly in thanks. Now the long exhausting march back to the hotel.