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Is it wrong to racialize the Capitol riots?

Asked by Demosthenes (14922points) January 16th, 2021

A frequent narrative I’m hearing from the left is “if those rioters had been black, they would’ve been shot”. Biden said it, Kamala said, liberal news sources are saying it…but is it actually true? Let’s remember that someone was shot by police (a white woman), and some of the cops being chased by the rioters were black. Were any BLM protesters/rioters shot by police? I can’t think of any. If a black woman had been shot during a BLM protest, would the outcry have been deafening? During the BLM protests, we saw cops standing by while vandalism and rioting occurred, we saw cops taking a knee in solidarity.

There are things to discuss about the police response to the riots, but I’m not sure a racist narrative is really at play here. Are you?

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