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Professor Rashelle Litchmore
Assistant Professor of Human Development Rashelle Litchmore was interviewed on Torontoâs CP24 News and for an article on CTVNews.ca about the stark contrast between police reaction to armed Trump supporters violently storming the U.S. Capitol, and the manner in which police have responded to unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters earlier this year.
âI am hurt, disheartened, angry, but not surprised,â Litchmore told CTVNews.ca. âVery few Black people with any knowledge of history are surprised right now.
âThis goes beyond white privilege,â she added. âThis is an ugly manifestation of white supremacy, where white people are presumed to be innocent, to be rational, to be fair, to be just, and Blacks are presumed to be criminal.â
TORONTO Police reaction to armed Trump supporters violently storming the U.S. Capitol starkly contrasts their reaction against the unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters earlier this year, according to activists, political scientists and cultural psychologists. Mostly white Pro-Trump extremists fought with United States Capitol Police and forced their way into the building on Wednesday, not long after a rally near the White House, during which Trump egged them on to march to Capitol Hill. Some took selfies inside the Senate chamber, dangled from balconies, and sat at desks inside offices. One woman was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol after rioters breached the building. Although the circumstances were not clear. At least 13 people were arrested by police late Wednesday night.