Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, the nation’s largest digital racial justice advocacy group, told the AP that he sees it as “a clear example of how racism works in this country and the clear ways there are different sets of rules and different sets of outcomes based on what race you are.”
Although Wednesday s events represented one of the most alarming attacks on democratic institutions in recent memory, it wasn t the only seen that day. Apparent Trump supporters forced disruptions at statehouses across the country, including in Georgia, New Mexico and Ohio.
And that wasn t the first time that such a disparate law enforcement response to such attacks drew national outrage and criticism of police. Last May, a large group of mostly white men carrying long rifles stormed the Michigan Statehouse building in Lansing over the governor s coronavirus pandemic shutdown mandates. There were few arrests and little condemnation from the White House.
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Many spectators watching the riots unfold on television or online commented on the small police presence assembled at the U.S. Capitol in comparison to the armed show of force that awaited the BLM protesters this summer. Others expressed surprise that the officers did not use greater force as the Capitol was breached. In one moment that sparked outrage online, an officer was caught on video taking a selfie with a rioter during the height of the chaos.
On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday one of the darkest days in American history, and pointedly called out the double standard in the law enforcement response.
Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, the nation’s largest digital racial justice advocacy group, told the AP that he sees it as “a clear example of how racism works in this country and the clear ways there are different sets of rules and different sets of outcomes based on what race you are.”
Although Wednesday s events represented one of the most alarming attacks on democratic institutions in recent memory, it wasn t the only seen that day. Apparent Trump supporters forced disruptions at statehouses across the country, including in Georgia, New Mexico and Ohio.
And that wasn t the first time that such a disparate law enforcement response to such attacks drew national outrage and criticism of police. Last May, a large group of mostly white men carrying long rifles stormed the Michigan Statehouse building in Lansing over the governor s coronavirus pandemic shutdown mandates. There were few arrests and little condemnation from the White House.
Many spectators watching the riots unfold on television or online commented on the small police presence assembled at the U.S. Capitol in comparison to the armed show of force that awaited the BLM protesters this summer. Others expressed surprise that the officers did not use greater force as the Capitol was breached. In one moment that sparked outrage online, an officer was caught on video taking a selfie with a rioter during the height of the chaos.
On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday one of the darkest days in American history, and pointedly called out the double standard in the law enforcement response.
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