Non-political. Simply curious from a legal perspective. By what criteria it is decided, “Yes, charge this person” and “No, do not charge this person”
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weather what that *specific, identifiable person* can be proven to have done would, in the eyes of a bunch of random citizens, be a crime *worthy* of prosecuting.
going to a rally? not a crime. Going into the White House? likely trespass, but arguably unlikely to get a conviction on given the amount of possible mitigating circumstances (following the crowd, believed they were allowed to be in the areas they were seen in, unable to fight the flow of people, etc).
But seen destroying stuff? caught on camera in the white house, chanting that they wanted to string up mike pence for not breaking the law in favour of daddy trump? those are crimes you can get a conviction on, and if you can prove that Mr Bloggs of California was the person seen, you can throw them in jail.
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