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| Topic | Michelle Obama: We all know what wouldve been different if DC Rioters were Black |
| Lebronwon 01/08/21 12:27:52 PM #1: | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michelle-obama-capitol-rioters-mobs-statement_n_5ff775a3c5b612d958ea6038 Obama wrote that her heart had fallen after seeing a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump raid the federal building just hours after Georgia made history electing the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the states first Black U.S. senator. Like all of you, I watched as a gang organized, violent, and mad theyd lost an election laid siege to the United States Capitol, she wrote. They set up gallows. They proudly waved the traitorous flag of the Confederacy through the halls. They desecrated the center of American government. The Becoming author noted how law enforcement officials responded with passivity toward the pro-Trump mobs, but with brute force toward Black Lives Matter protesters, who were overwhelmingly peaceful and yet met with pepper spray and cracked skulls over the summer. Just a few dozen of the hundreds of rioters at the Capitol on Wednesday were arrested on the scene. Mobs of Trump supporters appeared in photos and videos banging on the main entrance of the House chamber and shattering glass windows. Videos showed insurrectionists leisurely roaming the Capitol, with some breaching legislative offices. Theres one question I just cant shake: What if these rioters had looked like the folks who go to Ebenezer Baptist Church every Sunday? What would have been different? the former first lady asked in her statement. I think we all know the answer, she said. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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