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A police officer has died from injuries suffered as U.S. President Donald Trump s supporters stormed the Capitol, a violent siege that is forcing hard questions about the defeated president s remaining days in office and the ability of the Capitol Police to secure the area.
Various researchers used mathematical formulas based on inflation and hours worked as slaves and other measures; reaction from Charles Love, author of We Want Equality.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has reintroduced legislation that would fund a commission for studying and developing proposals for giving reparations to African Americans. The commission shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies, the legislation reads. It would specifically examine the role of governments in supporting slavery, discrimination that freed slaves encountered, and the lingering effects of slavery on living African-Americans and society.
The mob incursion into the U.S. Capitol on 6 January proved that the United States’ transfer of power holds dangers without modern precedent. Political leaders of both parties should urgently explore their constitutional options for protecting the country’s people and institutions from their own president.
Mob attack showcases Capitol security failures By Associated Press | January 7, 2021 at 9:48 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:31 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has accepted the resignation of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger a day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.
The Kentucky Republican said Thursday in a statement that he had earlier requested the resignation and later received it. He says Stengerâs resignation is effective immediately.
McConnell says Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Jennifer Hemingway will now be acting sergeant-at-arms.