Fact Check: Did a Black Lives Matter Leader Bomb the U.S. Capitol in 1983?
On 2/10/21 at 3:32 PM EST
Congressional impeachment managers continue their arguments Wednesday in the trial of former President Donald Trump on the basis that he incited an insurrection, leaving some Republicans eager to highlight instances of violence by the left.
One alleged instance circulating on social media is the 1983 bombing of the Capitol building by a woman whom right-wing allies are saying is now a leader of a Black Lives Matter organization.
The Claim
Joel W. Berry, managing editor for the conservative satire website
The Babylon Bee, posted a meme stating that Susan Rosenberg, who is identified as the head of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, participated in a 1983 bombing of the U.S. Capitol Building. The meme says that she served only 16 years of a 58-year sentence for the crime.
When a Far-Left, Female-Led Domestic Terrorism Group Bombed the U.S. Capitol
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Forgotten in the wake of January 6 In the furor over the January 6 riot, which Sen. Mitt Romney called an “insurrection incited by the president of the United States,” a more serious assault on the Capitol has been overlooked. For those who weren’t around or may have forgotten, here’s what went down on the evening of November 7, 1983. “Listen carefully, I’m only going to tell you this one time,” a caller from the “Armed Resistance Unit,” told the operator at the Capitol switchboard. “There is a bomb in the Capitol building. It will go off in five minutes. Evacuate the building.” A Senate document, “Bomb Explodes in Capitol,” describes what happened.
Civil Rights Activists to Speak at Virtual Event on MLK Day
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The Madame Walker Legacy Center in partnership with Indiana University will host a social justice virtual program featuring two iconic civil rights activists. “A Call to Action: Then and Now,” will feature Angela Davis, one of the founding members of the 1960s Black Panther Party and now Professor emerita of history and feminist studies at the University of California. Joining her will be Alicia Garza, co-creator of Black Lives Matter Global Network. Kristian Little, a Madame Walker Legacy Center board member talks with WFYI’s Terri Dee about the event and how political conflict and social rights struggles share similarities: