It is a step up from a pipe wrench.

"But there was a confrontation with one of the members of the group and an African-American family — a couple pushing a stroller with two children. The couple later posted on Facebook that a man carrying a pipe-wrench made intimidating comments toward them after they asked the group to keep their distance."

They are more likely to die from Covid-19 that to shoot each other

A FiveThirtyEight analysis found that most governors who were polled during the pandemic saw a bump. Those who instituted some of the strictest measures like Cuomo, California’s Gavin Newsom, Ohio’s Mike DeWine and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer have enjoyed the largest increases. Other governors who took strong measures like Maryland’s Larry Hogan, Massachusetts’ Charlie Baker saw more modest bumps, but mostly because they were already wildly popular before the pandemic.

After the death threats, I can't imagine why someone might see a symbol of lynching as violent.

idiotic protesters will unfortunately pay, some w/ their lives and even worse, with the nature of how infectious the CV is, their friends, family, coworkers, etc. all will pay too, for their reckless and childish behavior. I wonder how their families will react knowing that that some of their family members are engaging in this kind of behavior during a time such as this (the CV) and then coming home to dinner, etc.? I recall that a father locked his son out of the house when he got back from FL spring break. I wonder what's happened in that scenario?

The deluge of rain, accompanied by the flashes of lightning and the roaring thunder made many, many of the snowflakes stay home, as it is clear they are water soluble. IOW, it was a washout.