Comment by jcims

    coup
    /ko͞o/
    
    noun

    1.  a sudden, violent, and illegal 
    seizure of power from a government.

Sudden? Sure. Violent? Yes but on the lower end of the spectrum of human conflict. One person got shot by the police, one died of a heart attack, the rest had ‘medical emergencies’. (Edit: An officer died after being attacked by one of the rioters.)

The part I’m not understanding is where was the attempt to seize power?