You are right, it wasnt a riot. It was trespassing mobs chanting to kill politicians.
It was a DIY demonstration on how fast you can build gallows to hang sitting politicians.
It was the direct cause of over 500 people getting put on the FBI wanted list, and subsequently hauled off to Federal court to say "I was an idiot, I had no idea of what I was doing."
By the way, i would distance myself from comparing January 6th to BLM, as a defense to say IF THEY CAN DO, IT SO CAN WE. Not a good narrative. We thought you WERE BETTER THAN THAT?
You are right, not a riot. Just a bunch of lemmings wondering around the capital yelling, " I am at the captial, we did it everybody, we are doing it." What is was, turns out to just be Uauthorized visitation that takes away free lives for stripped sunset. Not a riot.