Peaceful civil rights protests vs. deadly Capitol attack: Which path will we choose? Donna Brazile, Opinion columnist Replay Video UP NEXT After weeks of enduring concrete jersey walls, barbed wire fences surrounding federal buildings, and large swaths of streets cordoned off to traffic in my adopted hometown of Washington, D.C., the city now seems eerily empty. The U.S. capital had to plead for help from the National Guard to defend itself against the deadly Jan. 6 attack by white nationalists and other racist, extremist groups invited here by former President Donald Tr...