How would recent events in the US appear if they happened elsewhere?

‘The violence toward a sitting senator is yet another escalation of administration’s dramatic assertions of extra-constitutional authority.’ Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/Reuters

At times the gesture can seem like a cliche, but I like to imagine, for the sake of perspective, how political developments in the United States would be covered by the media if they were happening in any other country. I imagine that Thursday’s events in Los Angeles might be spoken of like this:

A prominent opposition leader was attacked by regime security forces on Thursday in the presence of the national security tsar, as he voiced opposition to the federal military occupation of the US’s second-largest city following street demonstrations against the regime’s mass deportation efforts.