Those flashbangs were going off in front of the grandstands as the crowd walked through the parking lot toward the Capitol. Many people mistook them for a blank cannon discharge (directional smoke rings bellowed from the center), causing more and more people to walk up the lawn to get a closer look. People got as close as the police and bike rack barriers would allow. Eventually, the police backed away from the barriers and allowed people to ascend the staircases to the lower balconey where some access doors were blocked open. No insurrection or riot, people of every age walked in.