'They would have never gotten past the reflection pond.’
Author: Hope Ford
Updated: 9:30 PM MST January 6, 2021
ATLANTA — As the siege on the U.S. Capitol unfolded Wednesday, a very real conversation took off on social media, among activists, and among people of color.
The suggestion from many: if the people who stormed the Capitol were part of a minority group, the response from authorities may have been different.
“I just thought back to all the protests I’ve been in, in the Black Lives Matter era - particularly in Atlanta and Louisville - and the response is nothing like we’re seeing at the capitol,” said Attorney Gerald Griggs.