If you attack, yes, you should. Just as if you should get a speeding ticket if you exceed the speed limit.
My point was simply that Grandma really didn't "attack" the Capitol as policemen just waved people in. But, as mankind is, no mercy even as they attack God who is a God of mercy.
Policemen give mercy when they say "this is a warning". Revoltingest got it right when he said, "Probably just a fine" - a slap on the hand and "naughty, naughty Grandma"
In my faith, God is extending mercy every day.
So, as I said, how can we complain about God when we can't even extend mercy to a 69 year old Grandma?
I would like to see some video of police "Just waving people in". Are you sure about that? It seems to me that you might be stretching the truth a bit.
And why do you keep ignoring what she actually did? She lied to the police and misled them. Not just once, but she played the victim even though she was not. She was actively involved in the crime that she was charged with.
I see that
@fantome profane linked the article that I have linked on other threads. Thank you for saving me time again:
Idaho Woman, 69, Gets Jail Time After 'Needlessly' Distracting Police on Jan. 6
Prosecutor
Katherine Nielsen played video during the hearing that appeared to show Hemphill interacting with police officers who were trying to help her.
“I had to get out of that crowd,” Hemphill could be heard telling an officer. “I had surgery.”
“I understand, I don’t want you being hurt,” the officer said.
“I’m a journalist, they took my breath out,” Hemphill also said.
“I’m sorry for this situation,” an officer replied, before telling Hemphill to take refuge near a gate.
Hemphill, however, did not take any refuge, and a subsequent video appeared to show her encouraging the crowd to press forward into the Capitol instead.
“Just come on in,” she can be heard yelling at the crowd. “It’s your house, whose house does it belong to?”
“You just come in, come on in, come on, have fun, you just come in, it’s all you do,” she is also heard saying. “This is your house. Your house!”
Later, however, Hemphill presented herself as significantly more frail to other police officers.
“Are you hurt? What were you doing?” an officer could be heard saying.
“I got her,” another officer said. “Come on. Are you ok?”
“I got 40 stitches,” Hemphill could be heard telling the officers, apparently referring to cancer surgery she had had prior to coming to Washington.
Nielsen, the prosecutor, said that these interactions were an attempt by Hemphill to draw police away from protecting the Capitol building as rioters pushed forward.
“When another [police] officer offered protection, she falsely stated she tried to calm down the crowd,” Nielsen said. “These are not the actions of a citizen journalist. These are the actions of a rioter.”
As you can see she lied to the police several times. And this is not the first time that she was found guilty of rioting. This lady that probably claims to be "prolife" was earlier involved in a riot that attacked the Idaho Statehouse:
The Jan. 6 melee was not Hemphill’s first time storming a government building: prosecutors say that in August 2020, Hemphill was part of a crowd that stormed the Idaho Statehouse—shattering a glass door in the process—while protesting COVID-19 restrictions.
You can't claim to be prolife if you take part in actions that put the lives of others at risk.
