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... Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said the double standard in policing is "a long-standing issue of both covert and overt racism and how law enforcement reacts to protest. When Black people are protesting ... there's an over-militarization of communities.
""It was as though two sets of rules apply," Morial said.
"One set for these [pro-Trump] protesters and another set for not just Black Lives Matter but also civil rights protests."
Motivation behind the movements.
Rioters that led the insurrection on the Capitol were a mix of "far-right extremists" and self-proclaimed patriots who believe they were called to defend democracy, according to Miller-Idriss. She described how some were "intentional in their planning" and arrived "tactically prepared to storm the Capitol" carrying weapons, cuffs and mace.
These far-right extremist groups were united by "a commitment to a tremendous set of disinformation about the election" citing unfounded claims of massive voter fraud and an illegitimate election, Miller-Idriss said.
President-elect Joe Biden won the election by more than 70 electoral votes. His victory was certified when Congress convened to ratify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6. However, weeks after the election, Trump continuously pushed false claims and baseless theories of a rigged election, leading some to argue that it incited his followers and contributed to the siege of the Capitol.
The rioters also displayed symbols of white supremacist extremism including a noose stationed across the Capitol which, according to Miller-Idriss, "symbolizes the horrific history of lynching," but also refers to a white supremacy code that signals a "day of reckoning when traitors will be hung in the streets."
These groups were motivated by a sense of threat, Miller-Idriss said -- a "precarity" or "fear of something being taken away" they believed they deserve is what signaled the attacks on the Capitol, which she said is different from disenfranchisement felt by those supporting Black Lives Matter.
The Black Lives Matter movement was founded in 2013 after the verdict in the murder trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager who was killed while walking home in Florida.
Amid a racial reckoning in 2020, BLM protests across the country fought against racial injustice, police brutality and advocated for numerous Black Americans that had been violently killed.
Neil said it's important to make the distinction between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Capitol siege.
"One movement, in the case of Black Lives Matter, is really a critique, an attempt to undermine white supremacy.
In the latter case, what happened at the Capitol in January was an attempt to buttress white supremacy."Comment
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How the U.S. hid an airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria in 2019 under the TRUMP administrationComment
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I told the truth about Kamala sucking penis to advance her career. You lied about it.
I told the truth about Antifa. You lied about it.
I told the truth about what caused more loss of life and damage: BLM or Capital attack. You lied about it.
And you're lying now about almost every republican supporting the attack on the capital.
Go kick rocks. Debating you is a big waste of my time.Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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I do not support the damage and invasion of the building.
I do however support the ability to meet/protest and air their grievances in public.
I denounce any form of violence but here again I support the rights of everyone to protect themselves/family/a weaker individual.
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The Baghuz strike in 2019 was flagged by a legal officer as requiring an investigation, but at nearly every step, The Times found, the military made moves that concealed it.
The death toll was downplayed. Reports were delayed, sanitized and classified. U.S.-led coalition forces bulldozed the blast site. And top leaders were not notified.
OH No Billy Another F up of The Trump AdministrationComment
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