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'White privilege': Police accused of hypocrisy after Trump mob storms US Capitol
France24 ^ | January 7, 2021 | by Sam Ball

Posted on 01/08/2021 2:04:30 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Images of a mob of Donald Trump supporters surging past overwhelmed police to storm the US Capitol have shocked the world. Many have also asked why they bare such a stark contrast to the heavy police presence and violent tactics deployed when Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets of Washington DC last year.

"This is a complete disgrace. Over the summer we saw federal law enforcement use tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber bullets on Black Lives Matter protesters without provocation. Where are the riot squads now? Are they standing down as white supremacists attempt a coup?" asked DC Council member Janeese Lewis George on Twitter.

In June last year, peaceful demonstrators protesting after the death of George Floyd were removed with teargas and rubber bullets so that Donald Trump could pose for a photo op in front of a church, while the National Guard was called in to protect the capital's monuments.

Between May 30 and June 2, 2020, 427 were arrested during the DC protests, including 24 juveniles.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network labelled the police response on Wednesday a case of "hypocrisy".

"When Black people protest for our lives, we are all too often met by National Guard troops or police equipped with assault rifles, shields, tear gas and battle helmets. Make no mistake, if the protesters were Black, we would have been tear gassed, battered, and perhaps shot."

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blm; election2020; journalism; press
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https://www.fox5dc.com/news/us-heads-into-a-new-week-shaken-by-violence-and-covid-19-pandemic

1 posted on 01/08/2021 2:04:30 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Delusional double standards and ignoring a woman was shit dead for no reason.


2 posted on 01/08/2021 2:07:21 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m done with these people.

I’m done listening.


3 posted on 01/08/2021 2:11:42 AM PST by sauropod ("No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." - Mark Twain)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What happened on the 6th was mild compared to ANTIFA, BAMM, or CHOPS.


4 posted on 01/08/2021 2:16:08 AM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do they really want to compare? One of the protestors who was unarmed and surrounded by armed police officers was shot and killed. Yet this group of protesters did not turn on the police and burn the Capitol down to avenge her life! How many charred cities are there from the BLM movement over perceived police brutality?


5 posted on 01/08/2021 2:22:14 AM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who is Sam Ball and why is he on France24? I guess the French still hate America for liberating them from the Germans. VICHY LIVES and so does Ball’s stupidity.


6 posted on 01/08/2021 2:31:13 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Widget Jr

We now have no freedom of speech welcome to the communist 🇺🇸


7 posted on 01/08/2021 2:40:03 AM PST by patriciamary (9, And went aheade)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Forgive me, this woman can STFU, really a WOMAN WAS SHOT who was UNARMED, were any BLM/ANTIFA members that were unarmed killed during the protests and riots some time ago, WTF IS THIS S**T?


8 posted on 01/08/2021 2:41:00 AM PST by the_individual2014
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To: the_individual2014

Exsctly.

The burnlootmurder rioters were MET by forces who did NOT use lethal force andfir the most part STOOD DOWN and just watched their towns get looted and burned to the ground.


9 posted on 01/08/2021 2:47:52 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of biteme and the whore)
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To: ifinnegan

I am not really a white guy and I think this is Bullshit.


10 posted on 01/08/2021 2:53:49 AM PST by the_individual2014
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To: Widget Jr

Bullshit there is no white privilege there’s just black privilege and gay privilege.


11 posted on 01/08/2021 3:30:22 AM PST by patriciamary (9, And went aheade)
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I say lets test the theory and urge BLM to storm the capitol on inauguration day.


12 posted on 01/08/2021 3:30:38 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Readin’ Arithmetic and Riotin’ be’s racist!


13 posted on 01/08/2021 3:45:00 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These leftist hypocrites need to tell it to the dead white woman who was shot and killed by the black guy in the Capitol’s hallway. Her “White Privilege” was fatal. And I bet she won’t get a gold coffin.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1347076676342185984


14 posted on 01/08/2021 3:45:44 AM PST by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: JonPreston

is there anything the FakeNewsMSM/BLM/DNC won’t try to co-opt to their advantage.

reminder:

Tweet: Tom Elliott, Grabien Media
SU(P)ERCUT!
Media: Yes, violence is the answer
VIDEO: 1m49s
https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1347302588434284544


15 posted on 01/08/2021 3:46:37 AM PST by MAGAthon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Everybody expounding the premise in this or similar articles is either being disingenuous or is completely stupid. Law enforcement deployed a large police presence all dressed out in riot gear for blm/antifa because they expected violence, burning, looting and general mayhem. Law enforcement did not expect that from a crowd of Trump supporters. I think it caught them off guard and surprised them.

Right now half the country is very angry, almost angry enough for a lot of us to be pushed into a mob mentality. If that were to happen law enforcement would be really surprised. It could get a modern civil war going in earnest. A modern civil war won’t be armies in the field. It would be marked by: politically motivated murders, assassinations, arson, bombings, violence and then retaliation. It would be ugly, nobody would be safe.


16 posted on 01/08/2021 4:23:22 AM PST by radmanptn
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I suspect it’s more like BLM are criminals and the Right is the part of law and order.


17 posted on 01/08/2021 4:24:28 AM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Voter Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer. Say No to Chicago Style Corruption.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Check out the screenshots...

Riots Are Bad Now?

18 posted on 01/08/2021 4:26:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: radmanptn

Watching it over and over a few times Ive drawn the conclusion this shooting was deliberate.The shooter difnt shust fire off the gun he waited for a specific target. This is only my opinion.


19 posted on 01/08/2021 4:28:15 AM PST by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Biden said almost the same thing yesterday.


20 posted on 01/08/2021 4:36:14 AM PST by Retired Chemist
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