Misremembering a summer of protest: Comparing the Capitol riot to the racial justice movement cements a false history
CP Photo: Jared Wickerham Black Lives Matter protesters march through Downtown Pittsburgh, the South Side, and the Hill District on Thu., June 4, 2020. Ever since an insurrectionary mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the racial justice protests of summer 2020 are again a hot topic of discussion — primarily among those seeking to downplay the seriousness of Jan. 6 by asserting, as a supposedly self-evident comparison, that protest violence t...