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Trump s ‘Narcissistic Detachment’ Over Capitol Attack Leaves People Angry During Final Week as President
File photo: Donald Trump is looking for a new online megaphone after being permanently banned from Twitter | Image credit: Reuters/Reuters
After these last days characterised by incompetence, poor planning, negligence and Trump s utter lack of contrition for the mob he incited to attack the Capitol, America finally seems ready to see him head for the exits.
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The final full week of Donald Trump s presidency ended with a nation in disarray fearful about the threats surrounding Inauguration Day in a capital city that has become a fortress; unsettled by new details of the harm that rioters could have inflicted on lawmakers during last week s insurrection; and angry at the revelation that the administration s pledge to release a reserve of Covid-19 vaccine doses was hollow.
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When Kim Dine took over as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in 2012, he knew he had a serious problem.
Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. They alleged that white officers called Black colleagues slurs like the N-word and that one officer found a hangman’s noose on his locker. White officers were called “huk lovers” or “FOGs” short for “friends of gangsters” if they were friendly with their Black colleagues. Black officers faced “unprovoked traffic stops” from fellow Capitol Police officers. One Black officer claimed he heard a colleague say, “Obama monkey, go back to Africa.”
Black Capitol officer in MAGA hat says hat was a ruse
Tarik Khalid Johnson was suspended days after the riot
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A Black Capitol Police officer who was seen in photos and footage wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat during the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 said he wore the hat in an effort to rescue his colleagues.
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Tarik Khalid Johnson was suspended days later. Johnson says that the images weren’t what they seemed. His decision to wear the red MAGA hat was an attempt to earn the trust of rioters.
No One Took Us Seriously : For Years, Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers
Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are not new. Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say itâs no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building.
A heavy police force is evident at the Senate door after supporters of President Donald Trump breeched security at the U.S. Capitol, rioting through the Senate and House and disrupting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Mike Theiler
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ProPublica has uncovered new footage amid a trove of content archived from the now-shuttered social platform Parler that reveals the raw moments before Officer Eugene Goodman s actions.