But it wasn't just what he said on the day, it was what he'd been saying since before the election, and since.
No...he didn't say "go and kill a police officer, and capture our enemies", but his rhetoric had portrayed the Dems as the enemy of the people/ the enemy of American society for YEARS.
I do agree that it will be hard to pin this all on Trump. There would be some who totally believed that they were doing what Trump wanted them to do, but it's a stretch.
Giuliani's words, using "with force", were totally inappropriate and would have incited some to radical action.