Local leaders compare police response to Capitol riots and BLM protests
Local police, leaders respond to protest comparisons By DeAndria Turner | January 7, 2021 at 7:37 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:43 PM
COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - Over the summer demonstrations for Black Lives Matter spread across the nation including right here in the Tennessee Valley.
In Huntsville, protestors were met with riot gear, pepper spray and tear gas from officers.
In Florence they were met with counter-protestors.
When Camille Bennett, Executive Director of Project Say Something, saw videos of pro-Trump rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday she said, to her, the disparity was clear between this riot and Black Lives Matter protests that happened over the summer.
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